Exterior-angle


noun, Geometry.
1.
an angle formed outside parallel lines by a third line that intersects them.
2.
an angle formed outside a polygon by one side and an extension of an adjacent side; the supplement of an interior angle of the polygon.
noun
1.
an angle of a polygon contained between one side extended and the adjacent side
2.
any of the four angles made by a transversal that are outside the region between the two intersected lines
exterior angle
(ĭk-stîr’ē-ər)

The angle formed between a side of a polygon and an extended adjacent side. Compare interior angle.

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