external angle

Other forms: external angles

Definitions of external angle
  1. noun
    the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon
    synonyms: exterior angle
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    hip
    (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof
    type of:
    angle
    the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
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