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Nonquadrantal Angle


A nonquadrantal angle is an angle in angle standard position whose terminal side lies on neither the x-axis nor the y-axis. Equivalently, its measure is not an integer multiple of pi/2. Every nonquadrantal angle has an acute angle as its reference angle.


See also

Angle, Angle Standard Position, Quadrantal Angle, Reference Angle, Terminal Side

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References

Abramson, J. "Angles." §7.1 in Algebra and Trigonometry. Houston, TX: OpenStax, 2015. https://openstax.org/books/algebra-and-trigonometry/pages/7-1-angles.Pearson. "The Unit Circle and the Functions of Trigonometry." https://www.pearson.com/channels/precalculus/study-guides/chapter-9-the-unit-circle-and-2.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Nonquadrantal Angle." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/NonquadrantalAngle.html

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