angle of view of a line segment
Let be a line segment![]()
and a point not belonging to . Let the magnitude of the angle be . One says that the line segment is seen from the point in an angle of ; one may also speak of the angle of view of .
The locus of the points from which a given line segment is seen in an angle of (with ) consists of two congruent circular arcs having the line segment as the common chord and containing the circumferential angles equal to .
Especially, the locus of the points from which the line segment is seen in an angle of is the circle having the line segment as its diameter![]()
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Note. The explementary arcs of the above mentioned two arcs form the locus of the points from which the segment is seen in the angle .