Coterminal

Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊˈtɜr.mə.nl/ Explain

Click on the blue point and drag it to change the figure. Manipulative 1 - Coterminal Angles Created with GeoGebra.	Two angles are coterminal if they have a common terminating line segment (terminus). Coterminal angles may make a full circle, or involve rotating the terminus through at least one full circle.
Click on the blue points and drag them to change the figure. What can you say about two line segments that are coterminal at both endpoints? Manipulative 2 - Coterminal Line Segments Created with GeoGebra.	Two line segments are coterminal if the have a common end point.

References

1. McAdams, David E.. All Math Words Dictionary, coterminal. 2nd Classroom edition 20150108-4799968. pg 49. Life is a Story Problem LLC. January 8, 2015. Buy the book

Cite this article as:

McAdams, David E. Coterminal. 12/21/2018. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. https://www.allmathwords.org/en/c/coterminal.html.

Image Credits

• All images and manipulatives are by David McAdams unless otherwise stated. All images by David McAdams are Copyright © Life is a Story Problem LLC and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Revision History

12/21/2018: Reviewed and corrected IPA pronunication. (McAdams, David E.)
6/25/2018: Removed broken links, updated license, implemented new markup, updated GeoGebra apps. (McAdams, David E.)
5/5/2011: Initial version. (McAdams, David E.)