reentrant angle
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reentrant angle
[rē′en·trənt ‚aŋ·gəl] (crystallography)
The angle between two plane surfaces on a crystalline solid, in which the external angle is less than 180°.
(mathematics)
An interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180°.
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reentrant angle
An internal angle usually less than 90°.
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