 | John Ward - 1747 - 492 pàgines
...is, AC, and C J5, are Perpendicular to £> C, as well as -D, C is to /•j'r/W or both of them. g. An OBTUSE ANGLE is that which is greater than a Right Angle. Such is the Angle included between the Lines AC and n CB. 10. An ACUTE ANGLE is that ^_ which is lefs... | |
 | Proclus (Diadochus.) - 1788 - 350 pàgines
...and the infifting Right Line, is called a PERPENDICULAR to that upon which it ftands. DEFINITION Xf. An OBTUSE ANGLE is that which is greater than a RIGHT ANGLE. DEFINITION XII. But an ACUTE ANGLE, is that which is Icfs than a RIGHT ANGLE, THESE are the triple... | |
 | David Steel - 1805 - 392 pàgines
...is the angle of ABC. " I An (tht use Angle is that which is greater than a right A ' angle, as ABC. An Acute Angle is that which is less than a right angle, asDBC. By an ANGLE of ELEVATION is meant the angle contained between a line of direction, and any plane... | |
 | Charles James - 1805 - 1236 pàgines
...side, and consequently the arches intercepted either way are equal to 90°, or the quarter of a circle. An Acute ANGLE, is that which is less than a right angle, or 90°. An Obtuse ANCLE, is that whicb is greater than a right angle. Adjacent ANGLES, are such as... | |
 | Charles Vyse - 1806 - 342 pàgines
...denotes the Angle I. An Obtuse Angle is that which is greater than a right Angle, as CAB, (Fig 3.; An acute Angle is that which is less than a right Angle, »s DCB, (Fig. 4.) A Superficies or Surface, is an Extension of two Dimensions, viz. Length and Breadth.... | |
 | John Playfair - 1806 - 320 pàgines
...perpendicular to it. _____ VIII, Book I. An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle. IX. An acute angle is that which is less than a right angle. X. A figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. XL A circle is a plane figure contained... | |
 | Robert Simson - 1806 - 546 pàgines
...right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it. XI. An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle. XII. An acute angle is that which is less than a right anp-Ic. • XIII. rt A term or boundary is the... | |
 | Euclides - 1814 - 560 pàgines
...called a perpendicular to it. XI. An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle. XII. An acute angle is that which is less than a right angle. Xlll. " A term or boundary is th$ extremity of any thing." XIV. A figure is that which is inclosed... | |
 | John Gummere - 1814 - 398 pàgines
...ADC and B'DE are called right angles, and the line CD is said to be perpendicular to AB, Fig. 4. 10. An acute angle is that which is less than a right angle, as BDE, Fig. 4. 11. An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle, as ADE, Fig. 4. 13.... | |
 | Charles Vyse - 1815 - 340 pàgines
...placed at the angular point being always wrote in the middle, as A DC (Fig. 4.) denotes the angle b. An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle, as CAB (Fig. 3.). An acute angle is that which is Iess than a right angle, as DCB(Fig.4.). Parallel... | |
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... When a straight line standing on another straight line, makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it. 11. An obtuse angle... 
