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The angle corresponding to an arc on a circle with length equal to the radius; thus, $180$ degrees is $\pi$ radians; it is approximately $57^\circ17'44''$. A radian is taken as the unit of measurement of angles in the so-called circular, or radian, measurement of angles. If the circular measure of an angle is $a$ radian, then the angle contains $180a/\pi$ degrees; conversely, an angle of $n^\circ$ has circular measure of $\pi n/180^\circ$ radians.