EXTERNAL ANGLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The supplement of an interior angle of a polygon

Synonyms:

exterior angle; external angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("external angle" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "external angle"):

hip ((architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof)