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Definitions
Term | Description |
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Ray | Directed line segment consisting of an endpoint and a direction. Notated as \overrightarrow{EF} , where E denotes the endpoint and F denotes a point along the ray. |
Angle | Union of two rays with a common endpoint. Notated as \angle DEF or \angle FED , where D and F are along the points of each ray, and E is the vertex. \angle EFD is not valid notation, because the vertex must be the middle. |
\theta |
A lowercase theta is used to represent a (non right) angle in a triangle |
\phi |
A lowercase phi is used to represent another unknown angle in a triangle. As an example, in an algebraic equation, x might be used to represent the first unknown and y the second. In trig, \theta would |