Complete Definition of "angle of incidence"

English
Noun
angle 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.
  2. context|airplane The angle, usually fixed, between the chord line of a wing or horizontal stabilizer and the axis of the fuselage, measured at the root. In UK called the angle of attack.

Translations
trans-top|angle that straight line makes with the normal of a surface
Finnish: tulokulma
German: Einfallswinkel m
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|angle btw a wing or horizontal stabilizer and the axis of fuselage
Finnish: kohtauskulma
trans-mid
trans-bottom

ar:angle of incidence
vi:angle of incidence
tr:angle of incidence
zh:angle of incidence

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