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SALIENT ANGLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An angle pointing outward; an interior angle of a polygon that is less than 180 degrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("salient 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)
Antonym:
reentrant angle (an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180 degrees)