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straight angle

noun

Definition of STRAIGHT ANGLE

:  an angle whose sides lie in opposite directions from the vertex in the same straight line and which equals two right angles
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First Known Use of STRAIGHT ANGLE

1601

Rhymes with STRAIGHT ANGLE

embrangle, entangle, face angle, pentangle, quadrangle, rectangle, right angle, round angle, triangle, untangle, wide-angle

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