Biangle
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A digon or bigon; a two-sided shape (especially in non-Euclidean geometry)
"If n planes be drawn through any axis of the right-vector, each of which makes angles π/n with the planes on either side of it, the whole of space is divided into n congruent figures which may be called biangles, the space between any two adjacent planes being easily seen to be continuous with the vertically opposite space between them."
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More examples"If n planes be drawn through any axis of the right-vector, each of which makes angles π/n with the planes on either side of it, the whole of space is divided into n congruent figures which may be called biangles, the space between any two adjacent planes being easily seen to be continuous with the vertically opposite space between them."
Etymology
From bi- + angle.
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