Dihedral \Di*he"dral\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? a seat, bottom, base, fr. ? to sit. Cf. {Diedral}.] Having two plane faces; as, the dihedral summit of a crystal. {Dihedral angle}, the angular space contained between planes which intersect. It is measured by the angle made by any two lines at right angles to the two planes.