complementary angles

complementary angles

English

Etymology

Complementary in the sense of completing, i.e. they form a complete right angle.

Noun

complementary angles pl (plural only)

1. (geometry) A set of angles that sum to a right angle.

Translations

pair of angles

Arabic: زَاوِيَتَانِ مُتَتَامَّتَانِ‎ f du (zāwiyatāni mutatāmmatāni) Chinese: Mandarin: 餘角, 余角 (zh) (yújiǎo) Estonian: täiendusnurgad Finnish: komplementtikulmat French: angle complémentaire (fr) m

Greek: συμπληρωματικές γωνίες f pl (sympliromatikés goníes) Hungarian: pótszög Japanese: 余角 (yokaku) Maori: koki whakahāngai Polish: kąty dopełniające m pl Tagalog: sihang kapuno

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Icelandic: lagshorn n

Romanian: unghi complementar

See also

• cosine
• conjugate angles
• explementary angles
• supplementary angles
• Wikipedia article on complementary angles