Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The angle formed by extending backward the two straight lines which form a given angle. The angular value of the back-angle equals that of the forward or direct angle, but the bearings or azimuths of its sides are reversed.
- noun The third angle of a triangle which has been found by calculation from the observed values of the other two angles.
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The replays from the back-angle aren't helpful at all, but I'm 95\% positive it was clean.
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The replays from the back-angle aren't helpful at all, but I'm 95\% positive it was clean.
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