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Plane angle

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vertical anglenoun(geometry) Any of the opposite angles formed by intersecting lines.
anglenoun(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
right anglenoun(geometry) Half of the angle formed by a single straight line, equivalent to 90 degrees.
base anglenoun(trigonometry) Either of the two angles that intersect with the base of a triangle.
opposite anglenoun(geometry) Either of the angles directly opposite to each other when two lines intersect in a plane.
angulationnounThe formation of angles.
alternate anglesnoun(geometry) the internal angles made by two (parallel) lines with a third, on opposite sides of it.
dihedral anglenoun(geometry) The angle between two planes.
horn anglenounA curvilinear angle formed between a circle and a straight line tangent to it, or, more generally, the angle formed between two curves at a point where they are tangent to each other.
visual anglenoun(geometry) The angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye.
inclinationnounA tendency.
diagonalnoun(geometry) A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
solid anglenoun(geometry) The three-dimensional analog of an angle, equivalent to the area of that portion of the surface of a unit sphere that it subtends.
straight anglenoun(mathematics, geometry) An angle that is equal to 180° (pi radians or two right angles).
oblique linenoun(geometry) A line that, meeting or tending to meet another, makes oblique angles with it.
acute anglenoun(geometry) An angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees.
phase anglenoun(wave physics) Angular displacement of a sinusoid from a reference point or reference time.
vertex anglenoun(geometry) An angle associated with a vertex of an n-dimensional polytope.
oblique anglenoun(geometry) Any angle that is not a right angle or multiple of right angles.
antiparallel(biochemistry) Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA.

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