Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising Definitions of All the Terms Employed in Mathematics - an Analysis of Each Branch, and of the Whole, as Forming a Single Science |
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... vertex of the opposite angle is the vertex of the triangle . The side which appears horizontal , in viewing the figure , is generally considered as the base , unless some other side is especially pointed out . In the right angled ...
... vertex of the opposite angle is the vertex of the triangle . The side which appears horizontal , in viewing the figure , is generally considered as the base , unless some other side is especially pointed out . In the right angled ...
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... vertex . Thus , the part of the AB and AC , is a plane plane lying between angle ; AB and AC A are its sides , and A is its vertex . C B In indeterminate geometry , the basis upon which we reason is entirely different . In- stead of ...
... vertex . Thus , the part of the AB and AC , is a plane plane lying between angle ; AB and AC A are its sides , and A is its vertex . C B In indeterminate geometry , the basis upon which we reason is entirely different . In- stead of ...
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... vertex , as the measure of an angle . This method of measuring plane angles is the one usually adopted , in consequence of its simplicity and ready application to the methods of trigonometrical computation . For the purpose of comparing ...
... vertex , as the measure of an angle . This method of measuring plane angles is the one usually adopted , in consequence of its simplicity and ready application to the methods of trigonometrical computation . For the purpose of comparing ...
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... vertex is at the centre , and its sides radii of the circle . Thus , the angle ACB is an angle at the centre . B An angle is at the circumference , or is an inscribed angle , when its vertex is on the circumference , and its sides are ...
... vertex is at the centre , and its sides radii of the circle . Thus , the angle ACB is an angle at the centre . B An angle is at the circumference , or is an inscribed angle , when its vertex is on the circumference , and its sides are ...
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... vertex is the vertex of the polyedral angle . Since an arc of a circle has been adopted as the measure of a plane angle , so may a portion of the surface of a sphere be taken as the measure of a polyedral angle . If the vertex of the ...
... vertex is the vertex of the polyedral angle . Since an arc of a circle has been adopted as the measure of a plane angle , so may a portion of the surface of a sphere be taken as the measure of a polyedral angle . If the vertex of the ...
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