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ANGLE OF REFLECTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does angle of reflection mean?
• ANGLE OF REFLECTION (noun)
The noun ANGLE OF REFLECTION has 1 sense:
1. the angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence
Familiarity information: ANGLE OF REFLECTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("angle of reflection" is a kind of...):
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
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