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corresponding angles

corresponding angles

plural noun Geometry.
two nonadjacent angles made by the crossing of two lines by a third line, one angle being interior, the other exterior, and both being on the same side of the third line.


Origin:
1790–1800
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Main Entry:  corresponding angles
Part of Speech:  n pl
Definition:  any pair of angles that have the same relative position at each intersection where a straight line crosses two others
Usage:  mathematics
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