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| An angle formed by a horizontal line and the line of sight to an object below the level of the horizontal. |
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| An angle formed by a horizontal line and the line of sight to an object above the level of the horizontal. |
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| For an acute angle of a right triangle, this is the ratio comparing the adjacent leg and hypotenuse |
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| For any numbers a and b, the positive number x such that a/x = x/b |
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| In a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the legs equals the sum of the square of the hypotenuse. |
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| A set of numbers a, b, and c, that satisfy the pythagorean equation (a^2 + b^2= c^2) |
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| For an acute angle of a right triangle, the ratio of the opposite leg and the hypotenuse |
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| For an acute angle of a right triangle, the ratio of the opposite leg and the adjacent leg |
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| A ratio of the measures of two sides of a right triangle |
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| The study of the properties of triangles and trigonometric functions and their applications |
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