30-degree angle

One-twelfth full rotation

A 30-degree angle is one-twelfth of a full rotation, or one-third of a right angle.

In geometry, it appears as one of the acute angles in a 30-60-90 triangle, a common reference shape.

The term describes any angle measuring exactly thirty degrees: The ramp rises at a 30-degree angle.

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angle magnitude

30-degree angleobtuse angle

Between 90 and 180 degrees

reflex angle · straight angle · right angle · wide angle · steep angle

angular complementarity

30-degree anglecomplementary angle

Angle needing another for ninety

slope/steepness perception

30-degree anglevertical

At right angles groundward

perpendicular · steep angle

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