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> Euclidean geometers however only recognise angles between straight lines.

Geometers in general only recognize angles between straight line - the angle between curves is typically defined as the angles between their tangent lines. Understood this way, the example of a diameter cutting a circle is *not* a counterexample to the postulate in question.

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