Meaning & use

angle

noun·Academic

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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