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central angle

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central angle (plural central angles)

(geometry) An angle positioned with its vertex at the center of a circle.

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In particular, every inscribed angle that subtends a diameter is a right angle (since the central angle is 180 degrees). Source: Internet

Inscribed angles seeAlso Inscribed angle theorem An inscribed angle (examples are the blue and green angles in the figure) is exactly half the corresponding central angle (red). Source: Internet

The central angle between any two vertices of a perfect tetrahedron is arccos(−), or approximately 109.47°. Source: Internet

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