Angle Of Incidence Definition

noun
The angle formed by a ray or wave incident on a surface and a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence.
American Heritage
The angle that a light ray or electromagnetic wave striking a surface makes with a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface.
Webster's New World

Angle of attack.

Webster's New World
A permanent angle between the chord of an airfoil and the horizontally level fuselage.
Webster's New World

(optics, physics) The angle that a straight line, ray of light, etc., meeting a surface, makes with a normal to the surface at the point of meeting.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • incidence angle

Other Word Forms of Angle Of Incidence

Noun

Singular:
angle of incidence
Plural:
angles-of-incidence

Angle Of Incidence Sentence Examples

  • But, having ascertained by experiment that for all colours of light the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflexion, he turned his attention to the construction of reflecting telescopes.

  • The determination of the curves of constant retardation depends upon expressing the retardation in terms of the optical constants of the crystal, the angle of incidence and the azimuth of the plane of incidence.

  • Thus A is zero at grazing incidence and at the critical angle, and attains its maximum value 7r-4 tan1 (I/p) at an angle of incidence given by sin e i=2/(p.2+I).

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