Found 2 items, similar to Exterior angle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: exterior angle
exterior angle
n : the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon [syn:
external angle
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Exterior angle
Exterior
\Ex*te"ri*or\, a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or
exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar.
fr. ex: cf. F. ext['e]rieur. See
Ex-, and cf.
Extreme,
Interior.]
1. External; outward; pertaining to that which is external;
-- opposed to
interior; as, the exterior part of a
sphere.
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Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man
Resemble that it was. --Shak.
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2. External; on the outside; without the limits of;
extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to
what is within, or in his mind.
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Without exterior help sustained. --Milton.
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3. Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior
relations of a state or kingdom.
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Exterior angle (Geom.), the angle included between any side
of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the
adjacent side; also, an angle included between a line
crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on
the outside.
Exterior side (Fort.), the side of the polygon upon which a
front of fortification is formed. --Wilhelm.
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Note: See Illust. of
Ravelin.
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