coterminal
Americanadjective
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completely overlapping in scope or extent; coterminous.
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Geometry. (of angles) having the same vertex and sides, but differing by 360° or 2𝜋 in angular measure.
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(of a university student) working simultaneously on a bachelor's and a master's degree, to finish both at the same time.
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(of a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, or both) being pursued by a student at the same time as another degree, with the same finishing date for both.
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For the following exercises, find the angle between 0° and 360° that is coterminal with the given angle.
From Textbooks • Dec. 1, 2021
Recognizing that any angle has infinitely many coterminal angles explains the repetitive shape in the graphs of trigonometric functions.
From Textbooks • Dec. 1, 2021
Explain why there are an infinite number of angles that are coterminal to a certain angle.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
Discuss the difference between a coterminal angle and a reference angle.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
Any angle has infinitely many coterminal angles because each time we add to that angle—or subtract from it—the resulting value has a terminal side in the same location.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
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