Definition:Transversal (Geometry)/Interior Angle
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Definition
An interior angle of a transversal is an angle which is between the two lines cut by that transversal.
In the above figure, the interior angles with respect to the transversal $EF$ are:
- $\angle AHJ$
- $\angle CJH$
- $\angle BHJ$
- $\angle DJH$
Also see
- Supplementary Interior Angles implies Parallel Lines
- Parallelism implies Supplementary Interior Angles
- Definition:Exterior Angle of Transversal
- Definition:Corresponding Angles of Transversal
- Definition:Alternate Angles of Transversal
Source
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): interior angle: 2.
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): transversal
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): interior angle: 2.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): transversal
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): interior angle (with respect to a transversal of a pair of lines)
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): transversal