Meaning & use
angle
A figure formed by two rays that start at the same point, or the measure of the turn between them.
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The two rays form a right angle.
Use a protractor to measure the angle at the corner.
A note on using this word
The shared endpoint is the vertex. An angle measures a turn, so extending its rays does not make the angle larger.
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