alternate angles

plural noun

, Geometry.

1. two nonadjacent angles made by the crossing of two lines by a third line, both angles being either interior or exterior, and being on opposite sides of the third line.

alternate angles

plural noun

1. two angles at opposite ends and on opposite sides of a transversal cutting two lines

alternate angles

1. Two angles formed on opposite sides of a line that crosses two other lines. The angles are both exterior or both interior, but not adjacent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of alternate angles¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

Two cameramen crouch in front, capturing him from alternate angles — one locked on his made-for-TV visage and the other set to pan across his body once he starts delivering his lines.

From Los Angeles Times

DW: You could see in some of those alternate angles how clear of an angle Crowder had to see the rim.

From Los Angeles Times

Six holes play right on the shoreline, and every hole offer genuine alternate angles of attack.

From Golf Digest

Scorsese omits the most famous footage from the tour, a single-take close-up on Dylan’s face as he plays a solo version of “Tangled Up in Blue,” and in some of the songs that also appear in Renaldo & Clara, he chooses alternate angles that favor Dylan less and the group dynamic more.

From Slate

Six holes play right on the shoreline, and every hole offer genuine alternate angles of attack.

From Golf Digest