Angle between two planes

ID: angle-between-two-planes

Angle between two planes by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-10-24
The acute angle between two unoriented planes is the acute angle between their nonzero normal vectors, giving the displayed formula. For an oriented convex polyhedron, the interior dihedral angle of a convex polyhedron is instead minus the angle between outward face normals. The distinction matters when a face normal is reversed: its unoriented plane is unchanged, but its vector angle is replaced by its supplement.

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