@@ -1093,15 +1093,18 @@ Angle Units: the <<angle>> type and ''deg'', ''grad'', ''rad'', ''turn'' units</
10931093 For example, a right angle is ''90deg'' or ''100grad'' or ''0.25turn'' or
10941094 approximately ''1.57rad'' .
10951095
1096- When an angle denotes a direction,
1097- it must always be interpreted as a <dfn export>bearing angle</dfn> ,
1098- where 0deg is "up" or "north" on the screen,
1099- and larger angles are more clockwise
1100- (so 90deg is "right" or "east").
1101-
1102- For example, in the ''linear-gradient()'' function,
1103- the <<angle>> that determines the direction of the gradient
1104- is interpreted as a bearing angle.
1096+ <div class="note">
1097+ By convention,
1098+ when an angle denotes a direction in CSS,
1099+ it is typically interpreted as a <dfn export>bearing angle</dfn> ,
1100+ where 0deg is "up" or "north" on the screen,
1101+ and larger angles are more clockwise
1102+ (so 90deg is "right" or "east").
1103+
1104+ For example, in the ''linear-gradient()'' function,
1105+ the <<angle>> that determines the direction of the gradient
1106+ is interpreted as a bearing angle.
1107+ </div>
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@@ -2093,7 +2096,7 @@ Acknowledgments</h2>
20932096Changes</h2>
20942097
20952098 Changes since the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2015/CR-css-values-3-20150611/">11 June 2015 Candidate Recomendation</a> are:
2096-
2099+
20972100 <ul>
20982101 <li> Allow zero angles to be represented as ''0'' .
20992102 (Change due to Web-compatibility constraints in transform and gradient syntaxes.)
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