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INCIDENCE ANGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incidence angle mean? 

INCIDENCE ANGLE (noun)
  The noun INCIDENCE ANGLE has 1 sense:

1. the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidenceplay

  Familiarity information: INCIDENCE ANGLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INCIDENCE ANGLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

angle of incidence; incidence angle

Hypernyms ("incidence angle" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incidence angle"):

angle of attack (the acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil)

critical angle (the smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally reflected)


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