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The angle corresponding to an arc on a circle with length equal to the radius; thus, degrees is radians; it is approximately . 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 radian, then the angle contains degrees; conversely, an angle of has circular measure of radians.

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Radian. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Radian&oldid=31576
This article was adapted from an original article by BSE-3 (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article