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incidence angle

 

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Noun incidence angle has 1 sense
  1. angle of incidence, incidence angle - the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence
    --1 is a kind of angle
    --1 has particulars: angle of attack; critical angle

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Incidence Angle

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense: The angle between the direction of an incoming ray or wave and a line perpendicular to the surface it encounters.

Usage: In optics, the incidence angle determines the behavior of light as it interacts with different materials.

Sample Sentence 1: The incidence angle of the sunlight hitting the water's surface affects the intensity and reflection of the light.

Sample Sentence 2: When the incidence angle is too steep, the light rays tend to refract rather than reflect.

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