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单词 angle of incidence
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angle of incidence
angle of incidence n. [probably after post-classical Latin angulus incidentalis (1378 in a British source); compare French angle d'incidence (1637)] (a) Optics (originally) †the angle between a line or ray of light and a surface on which it falls (obsolete); (in later use) the angle between a line or ray of light and a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence; cf. incidence n. 4; (b) = angle of attack n. at Phrases 2aIn Optics the angle currently denoted by the term is the complement of that originally denoted. Cf. also Brewster angle n. at Brewster n.2 1a, polarizing angle n. at polarizing n. Compounds.
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the world > space > direction > [noun] > direction with respect to that of another > deviation from vertical or horizontal > angle formed by
angle of incidence1626
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > wing > angle of chord of wing with air current
angle of attack1908
angle of incidence1910
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §245 In Mirrours, there is the like Angle of Incidence, from the Object to the Glasse, and from the Glasse to the Eye.
1672 I. Newton Let. 6 Feb. in Corr. (1959) I. 95 The Angle of Reflection of all sorts of Rays was equal to their Angle of Incidence.
1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xxxv. 414 When the angle of incidence exceeds a certain magnitude, the refraction may become impossible; and in this case the ray of light is wholly reflected.
1910 R. Ferris How it Flies xx. 454 Angle of Incidence, the angle made by the chord of the arc of a curved ‘plane’, or by the line of a flat plane, with the line of travel.
1972 R. Galopin & N. F. M. Henry Microsc. Study Opaque Minerals iii. 60/2 A newer design of glass-plate reflector..utilises two reflections in order to make the average angle of incidence on the glass plate 22½° instead of 45°.
1999 G. Cox Dict. Sport xi. 347/2 Washout, a twist in the wing that reduces the angle of incidence towards the wingtips.
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