Spherical Angle

Type it

Ways to write the Spherical Angle symbol
UnicodeU+2222
LaTeX\sphericalangle
HTML entity∢
Character∢

Meaning

Names an angle formed by two arcs of great circles on a sphere. In LaTeX it needs the amssymb package. Compare with Angle and Measured Angle.

How to read it

∢ABC

is read “spherical angle A B C”.

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