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No, you're describing one particular way to measure angles. Radians express such a ratio, but degrees don't. 1° is not a ratio between distance along a circumference and radius, it's a ratio between amount rotated and complete revolution. 1° actually stands for 1/360 (of a revolution). Which is why it's important to add the unit after the measurement. If someone tells you an angle measures 1, can you tell whether it's 1/360 of a revolution or the angle that would be formed by traveling along a circumference a distance equal to the radius of the circle? |
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