: 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 alsoalternate interior angle
b
: one of a pair of angles outside the two intersected lines
called alsoalternate exterior angle
Illustration of alternate angle
aa′bb′ alternate interior angles
cc′dd′ alternate exterior angles
Examples of alternate angle in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebIndeed, 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 | McAsagrande@al.com, 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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