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Noun: complementary angles
  1. Two angles whose sum is a right angle
    "In a right triangle, the two non-right angles are always complementary angles"
     
  2. (geometry) a pair of angles that sum to a right angle
    "The two complementary angles in the triangle measured 30 and 60 degrees"

Type of: angle

Encyclopedia: Complementary angles