I sit atop a Christmas tree with feathered wings, but swap my last two letters and I become a geometric corner measured in math class. What am I?
An angel (becoming angle)
This puzzle uses an anagram technique by swapping the positions of 'E' and 'L' in 'angel.' The winged Christmas tree topper turns into 'angle,' which measures the corner space between intersecting lines.
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