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Terminal Side


AngleTerminalSideStandardPosition

The terminal side of an angle theta drawn in angle standard position is the ray in its final position after a directed rotation through theta from the initial side about the vertex.

The initial side and terminal side can coincide. This occurs when theta=2kpi for an integer k, including theta=0.


See also

Angle, Coterminal Angle, Initial Side, Ray, Rotation, Side, Vertex

Portions of this entry contributed by Christopher Stover

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by Christopher Stover. "Terminal Side." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TerminalSide.html

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