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Angle of incidence   /ˈæŋgəl əv ˈɪnsədəns/   Listen
Angle of incidence

noun
1.
The angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence.  Synonym: incidence angle.






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"Angle of incidence" Quotes from Famous Books



... for the air liner. He can't use a very large engine, for it would drag him down, but one of the new hundred horsepower jobs would weigh only about fifty pounds. I think we can draw a pretty good picture of his plane from scientific logic. It probably has a tremendous wingspread and a very high angle of incidence to make it possible to glide at that height, and the engine and prop ...
— The Black Star Passes • John W Campbell

... are opaque and hard with a hard surface reflect light [lustre] from every spot on the illuminated side which is in a position to receive light at the same angle of incidence as they occupy with regard to the eye; but, as the surface mirrors all the surrounding objects, the illuminated [body] is not recognisable in these portions of the ...
— The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete • Leonardo Da Vinci



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