EXTERIOR ANGLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The supplement of an interior angle of a polygon

Synonyms:

exterior angle; external angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("exterior angle" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exterior angle"):

hip ((architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof)

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