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单词 solid angle
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solid angle


noun Geometry.

an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting in a common point or formed at the vertex of a cone.

Origin of solid angle

First recorded in 1695–1705

Words nearby solid angle

solicitor general, solicitous, solicitude, solid, solidago, solid angle, solidarity, solidarize, solidary, solid fuel, solid geometry
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British Dictionary definitions for solid angle

solid angle

noun

a geometric surface consisting of lines originating from a common point (the vertex) and passing through a closed curve or polygon: measured in steradians
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 solid angle

solid angle

A three-dimensional angle, formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point. Its magnitude is measured in steradians, a unitless measure. The corner of a room forms a solid angle, as does the apex of a cone; one can imagine an indefinite number of planes forming the smooth round surface of the cone all intersecting at the apex. Solid angles are commonly used in photometry.
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