alternate angles

plural noun Geometry.

two nonadjacent angles made by the crossing of two lines by a third line, both angles being either interior or exterior, and being on opposite sides of the third line.

Origin of alternate angles

First recorded in 1650–60

Words nearby alternate angles

altered state of consciousness, altern, alternans, alternant, alternate, alternate angles, alternate binaural loudness balance test, alternate cover test, alternate hemianesthesia, alternate host, alternate plumage

British Dictionary definitions for alternate angles

alternate angles

pl n

two angles at opposite ends and on opposite sides of a transversal cutting two lines

Scientific definitions for alternate angles

alternate angles

Two angles formed on opposite sides of a line that crosses two other lines. The angles are both exterior or both interior, but not adjacent.