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 (fi)
• French: angle complémentaire (fr) m

• Greek: συμπληρωματικές γωνίες f pl (sympliromatikés goníes)
• Hungarian: pótszög (hu)
• 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