单词 | angle of incidence |
释义 | angle of incidencenounAlso called incidence. 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. Abbreviation: aoiCompare angle of reflection. (on an airplane) the angle, usually fixed, between a wing or tail root chord and the axis of the fuselage. Chiefly British. angle of attack (def. 1). Origin of angle of incidenceFirst recorded in 1620–30 Words nearby angle of incidenceangle of dip, angle of eccentricity, angle of elevation, angle-off, angle of friction, angle of incidence, angle of iris, angle of jaw, angle of lag, angle of lead, angle of pitch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for angle of incidenceangle of incidence nounthe angle that a line or beam of radiation makes with the normal to the surface at the point of incidence another name for angle of attack Also called: rigging angle of incidence the angle between the chord line of an aircraft wing or tailplane and the aircraft's longitudinal axis Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for angle of incidenceangle of incidence The angle formed by a ray or wave, as of light or sound, striking a surface and a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of impact. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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