Types of Angles

Types of angles
Right angle. Reflex angle. The complementary Acute (a), obtuse (b), and straight (c)
angles a and b (b is angles. Here, a and b are
the complement of a, supplementary angles.
and a is the
complement of b).
• An angle equal to 1/4 turn (90° or π/2 radians) is called a right angle.
Two lines that form a right angle are said to be perpendicular or orthogonal.
• Angles equal to 1/2 turn (180° or two right angles) are called straight angles.
• Angles that are not right angles or a multiple of a right angle are called oblique
angles.
• Angles smaller than a right angle (less than 90°) are called acute angles ("acute"
meaning "sharp").
• Angles larger than a right angle and smaller than a straight angle (between 90°
and 180°) are called obtuse angles ("obtuse" meaning "blunt").
• Angles larger than a straight angle but less than 1 turn (between 180° and 360°)
are called reflex angles.
• Angles that have the same measure (i.e. the same magnitude) are said to be
congruent. Following this definition for congruent angles, an angle is defined by
its measure and is not dependent upon the lengths of the sides of the angle (e.g. all
right angles are congruent).
• Two angles opposite each other, formed by two intersecting straight lines that
form an "X"-like shape, are called vertical angles or opposite angles or
vertically opposite angles. These angles are equal in measure.
• Angles that share a common vertex and edge but do not share any interior points
are called adjacent angles.
• Two angles that sum to one right angle (90°) are called complementary angles.
The difference between an angle and a right angle is termed the complement of
the angle.
• Two angles that sum to a straight angle (180°) are called supplementary angles.
The difference between an angle and a straight angle (180°) is termed the
supplement of the angle.
• Two angles that sum to one turn (360°) are called explementary angles or
conjugate angles.
• An angle that is part of a simple polygon is called an interior angle if it lies on
the inside of that simple polygon. A concave simple polygon has at least one
interior angle that exceeds 180°.
In Euclidean geometry, the measures of the interior angles of a triangle add up to

π radians, or 180°, or 1/2 turn; the measures of the interior angles of a simple
quadrilateral add up to 2π radians, or 360°, or 1 turn. In general, the measures of
the interior angles of a simple polygon with n sides add up to [(n − 2) × π]
radians, or [(n − 2) × 180]°, or (2n − 4) right angles, or (n/2 − 1) turn.
• The angle supplementary to the interior angle is called the exterior angle. It
measures the amount of rotation one has to make at this vertex to trace out the
polygon. If the corresponding interior angle is a reflex angle, the exterior angle
should be considered negative. Even in a non-simple polygon it may be possible
to define the exterior angle, but one will have to pick an orientation of the plane
(or surface) to decide the sign of the exterior angle measure.
In Euclidean geometry, the sum of the exterior angles of a simple polygon will be
one full turn (360°).
• Some authors use the name exterior angle of a simple polygon to simply mean
the explementary (not supplementary!) of the interior angle.[6] This conflicts with
the above usage.
• The angle between two planes (such as two adjacent faces of a polyhedron) is
called a dihedral angle. It may be defined as the acute angle between two lines
normal to the planes.
• The angle between a plane and an intersecting straight line is equal to ninety
degrees minus the angle between the intersecting line and the line that goes
through the point of intersection and is normal to the plane.
• If a straight transversal line intersects two parallel lines, corresponding (as well as
alternate) angles at the two points of intersection are equal in size; adjacent angles
are supplementary (that is, their measures add to π radians, or 180°).
• A reference angle is the acute version of any angle determined by repeatedly
subtracting or adding 180 degrees, and subracting the result from 180 degrees if
necessary, until a value between 0 degrees and 90 degrees is obtained. For
example, an angle of 30 degrees has a reference angle of 30 degrees, and an angle
of 150 degrees also has a reference angle of 30 degrees (180-150). An angle of
750 degrees has a reference angle of 30 degrees (750-720).[7]

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