Illustration of alternate angle
- a a′ b b′ alternate interior angles
- c c′ d d′ alternate exterior angles
alternate angle
noun
: one of a pair of angles with different vertices and on opposite sides of a transversal at its intersection with two other lines:
a
: one of a pair of angles inside the two intersected lines
called also alternate interior angle
b
: one of a pair of angles outside the two intersected lines
called also alternate exterior angle
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An alternate angle of the stomp shows the boy’s head knocking off the basketball court after the blow, which makes the boy’s body go limp.
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
Indeed, both sides of the political divide have been increasingly discussing and even proposing solutions to this existential threat, albeit from alternate angles.
—TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
Check out the alternate angle from one of our two AL.com videographers on the field for the game.
—Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 5 Sep. 2021
Also, notice that the tops of the cutting teeth are ground at alternating angles, meaning one tooth angles to the left, the next to the right.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2019
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
Indeed, both sides of the political divide have been increasingly discussing and even proposing solutions to this existential threat, albeit from alternate angles.
—TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
Check out the alternate angle from one of our two AL.com videographers on the field for the game.
—Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 5 Sep. 2021
Also, notice that the tops of the cutting teeth are ground at alternating angles, meaning one tooth angles to the left, the next to the right.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2019
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“Alternate angle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alternate%20angle. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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