- a variation of coterminous.
coterminal
Americanadjective
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completely overlapping in scope or extent; coterminous.
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Geometry. (of angles) having the same vertex and sides, but differing by 360° or 2𝜋 in angular measure.
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(of a university student) working simultaneously on a bachelor's and a master's degree, to finish both at the same time.
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(of a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, or both) being pursued by a student at the same time as another degree, with the same finishing date for both.
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The angle is coterminal, but not less than so we subtract another rotation:
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We can find coterminal angles by adding or subtracting 360° or See Example 5 and Example 6.
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For the following exercises, find the angle between 0° and 360° that is coterminal with the given angle.
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For the following exercises, find the angle between 0° and 360° that is coterminal to the given angle.
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We can find coterminal angles by adding or subtracting or See Example 5 and Example 6.
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