"angle of incidence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: angles of incidence [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|angles of incidence}} angle of incidence (plural angles of incidence)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Optics, Physics Translations (angle that a straight line makes with the normal of a surface): tulokulma (Finnish), angle d’incidence (French), Einfallswinkel [masculine] (German), sudut datang (Indonesian), angolo di incidenza (Italian), 入射角 (nyūshakaku) (Japanese), sudut tuju (Malay), uillin huittym [feminine] (Manx), koki whakapā (Maori), innfallsvinkel [masculine] (Norwegian), ângulo de incidência (Portuguese), unghi de incidență (Romanian), ángulo de incidencia (Spanish), infallsvinkel [common-gender] (Swedish), siha ng pagpasok (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-angle_of_incidence-en-noun-92x-Nrl9 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'angle that a straight line makes with the normal of a surface': 88 12
  2. (aeronautics) The angle, usually fixed, between the chord line of a wing or horizontal stabilizer and the axis of the fuselage, measured at the root. Categories (topical): Aeronautics Synonyms (angle between wing and axis of fuselage): angle of attack [UK] Translations (angle between a wing or horizontal stabilizer and the axis of fuselage): kohtauskulma (Finnish), calage [masculine] (French), 取り付け角 (toritsukekaku) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-angle_of_incidence-en-noun-B2XfD8iv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 26 74 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'angle between wing and axis of fuselage': 16 84 Disambiguation of 'angle between a wing or horizontal stabilizer and the axis of fuselage': 15 85

Inflected forms

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