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Why does we call the angle which we refer as theta ?

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In ancient greek theta is the go-to variable to represent a generic angle.
Most often, θ is a variable that stands for an angle in geometry, e.g.: ... Generally, φ represents longitude and θ represents latitude, though the choice is arbitrary. Often, two angles in the same plane are represented by α and β

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