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adjacent angle

American

noun

Geometry. either of two angles formed next to each other by the intersection of a straight line by another line.

adjacent angle Scientific

/ ə-jā′sənt /

Either of two angles having a common side and a common vertex.

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adjacent angle

Two right triangles are congruent if the hypotenuse and an adjacent angle of the one are equal respectively to the hypotenuse and an adjacent angle of the other.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

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