transversal

In geometry, a transversal is a line that passes through two lines in the same plane at
two distinct points.
In Euclidean geometry, Euclids parallel postulate guarantees that two lines
are parallel only if the interior non-adjacent angles on the same side of any
transversal are supplementary, that is, they sum to 180.
[1]
These angle pairs are
sometimes calledconsecutive interior angles.
[2]



Alternate Interior Angles
When two lines are crossed by another line (which is called the Transversal),
the pairs of angles on opposite sides of the transversal but inside the two
lines are called Alternate Interior Angles.
Alternate Exterior Angles
In the drawing below, angles 1 and 8 are alternate exterior angles, as are
angles 2 and 7. Alternate exterior angles are congruent. Formally, alternate
exterior angles are defined as two exterior angles on opposite sides of
a transversal which lie on different parallel lines.

Parallel lines cut
by a transversal


Corresponding angles
Corresponding angles are angles with the exact same measurement that are
formed by two lines being crossed by another line. The angles in the matching
corners are known as corresponding angles.