corresponding angles

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of corresponding angles

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

All their corresponding angles have the same measures and their corresponding sides have the same ratio.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

All their corresponding angles have the same measures and their corresponding sides are in the same ratio.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

From this table, we can determine the values of sine and cosine at the corresponding angles in the other quadrants.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Records have to be played back with corresponding needles set for corresponding angles and sizes to fit the grooves.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this point it is customary to define similar polygons as such as have their corresponding angles equal and their corresponding sides proportional.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene