adjacent
Given a right triangle
with an acute angle
, the side of the triangle that is adjacent
to is the side of the triangle that is also a side (http://planetmath.org/Angle) of and is not the hypotenuse
.
When a phrase such as “adjacent of an angle” is used, one must determine from context whether it refers to this definition of adjacent or the other definition of adjacent (http://planetmath.org/Adjacent3). Note that the definition supplied above is specifically for right triangles.
| Title | adjacent |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | Adjacent |
| Date of creation | 2013-03-22 15:59:26 |
| Last modified on | 2013-03-22 15:59:26 |
| Owner | Wkbj79 (1863) |
| Last modified by | Wkbj79 (1863) |
| Numerical id | 17 |
| Author | Wkbj79 (1863) |
| Entry type | Definition |
| Classification | msc 51-01 |
| Synonym | adjacent side |
| Related topic | Sohcahtoa |