corresponding angles

plural noun

, Geometry.

1. two nonadjacent angles made by the crossing of two lines by a third line, one angle being interior, the other exterior, and both being on the same side of the third line.

Word History and Origins

Origin of corresponding angles¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

A general definition is that those triangles are similar in which the corresponding angles are equal.

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The scion and stock are cut obliquely, and as nearly as possible at corresponding angles.

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They form their bed, and give to eminences corresponding angles.

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Bouquets of the same color can be laid at the corresponding angles.

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