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Definitions of alternate angles words

noun plural alternate angles two angles at opposite ends and on opposite sides of a transversal cutting two lines 3
noun alternate angles a pair of nonadjacent angles, one on each side of a transversal, that are both interior or both exterior: these paired angles are equal if the lines cut by the transversal are parallel 3
noun alternate angles (geometry) the internal angles made by two (parallel) lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. If the parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, intersecting at points G and H, then the angles AGH, GHD, are called alternate angles (as also are the angles BGH and GHC). 0

before 1650

One of the 45% oldest English words

First recorded in 1650-60

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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