| exterior angle n. 1. The angle between any side of a polygon and an extended adjacent side. 2. Any of the four angles that do not include a region of the space between two lines intersected by a transversal. |   Angles 1, 2, 7, and 8 are exterior angles. |
exterior angle
n
1. (Mathematics) an angle of a polygon contained between one side extended and the adjacent side
2. (Mathematics) any of the four angles made by a transversal that are outside the region between the two intersected lines
exterior angle ( k-stîr  - r) The angle formed between a side of a polygon and an extended adjacent side. Compare interior angle. |  Angles 1, 2, 7, and 8 are exterior angles. Angles 1 and 8 and angles 2 and 7 are alternate exterior angles. |
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| Noun | 1. |  exterior angle - the supplement of an interior angle of a polygonangle - the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians hip - (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof |
Translations
exterior angle
n (Math) → Außenwinkel m
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