Acute angle

From Latin: acutus - "sharp, pointed"

Definition: An angle whose measure is less than 90

Try this Adjust the angle below by dragging an orange dot and see how the angle ABC behaves. Note that it is acute for all angles from zero to (but not including) 90

Obtuse angle
From Latin: obtusus - "blunt"

Definition: An angle whose measure is greater than 90 and less than 180
Try this Adjust the angle below by dragging the orange dot at A and see how the angle ABC behaves. Note that it is obtuse for all angles greater than 90 and less than 180

right angle is anangle that bisects the angle formed by two halves of a straight line. More precisely, if a ray is placed so that its endpoint is on a line and the adjacent angles are equal, then they [1] are right angles. As a rotation, a right angle corresponds to a [2] quarter turn (that is, a quarter of a full circle). Closely related and important geometrical concepts are perpendicular lines, meaning lines that form right angles at their point of intersection, andorthogonality, which is the property of forming right angles, usually applied to vectors. The presence of a right angle in a triangle is the defining factor for right [3] triangles, making the right angles basic to trigonometry.

adjacent angles, often shortened as adj. s, are angles that have a common ray coming out of the vertex going between two other rays, with no overlap of the regions "enclosed" by the two angles. In other words, they are angles that are side by side, or adjacent.

Vertical Angle a pair of angles is said to be vertical (also opposite andvertically opposite, which is [1] abbreviated as vert. opp. s ) if the angles are formed from two intersectinglines and the angles are not adjacent. The two angles share a vertex. Such angles are equal in measure and can be described as "equal" (in the UK or the USA) or "congruent" (in the USA).

Complementary angles are angles whose measures sum to 90. If the two complementary angles are adjacent (i.e. have a common vertex and share just one side) their non-shared sides form a right angle. In Euclidean geometry, the two acute angles in a right triangle are complementary, because the sum of internal angles of a triangle is 180 degrees, and the right angle itself accounts for ninety degrees. The adjective complementary is from Latin complementum, associated with the verb complere, "to fill up". An acute angle is "filled up" by its complement to form a right angle.

Supplementary angles are pairs of angles that add up to 180 degrees. Thus the supplement of an angle of x degrees is an angle of (180 x) degrees. If the two supplementary angles are adjacent (i.e. have a common vertex and share just one side), their non-shared sides form a straight line. However, supplementary angles do not have to be on the same line, and can be separated in space. For example, adjacent angles of a parallelogram are supplementary, and opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral (one whose vertices all fall on a single circle) are supplementary. If a point P is exterior to a circle with center O, and if the tangent lines from P touch the circle at points T and Q, then TPQ and TOQ are supplementary.

Linear Pair of angles

From Latin: linearis - "belonging to a line"

Definition: Two angles that are adjacent (share a leg) and supplementary (add up to 180)