EXTERIOR ANGLE


Meaning of EXTERIOR ANGLE in English

Geom.

1. an angle formed outside parallel lines by a third line that intersects them. See diag. under interior angle .

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.

[ 1885-90 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .