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angle of incidence.
noun
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.
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Light with the vector k incident on the sample is defined by the angle of incidence ϑ as well as the azimuth angle [see Fig. 2(a)].
The angle of incidence was 3°.
That's because the reflectivity changes with the angle of incidence but exactly how is not known.
Excerpts from Angle of Incidence choreographed by Jodie Gates have been staged by Jennifer Lott.
For specular reflections, the reflection angle equals the angle of incidence.
The angle of incidence laser was controlled at 5°.
One effect comes from the variation in the horizontal angle of incidence of the electron on the scintillator.
But something else happens instead: the film bends the jet by an amount that depends on its angle of incidence.
The phenomenon occurs if the angle of incidence is greater than a certain limiting angle, called the critical angle.
Vibration measurements were corrected for the refractive index of the fluid, but not (directly) for the angle of incidence.
This can easily be seen by considering the law of reflection (angle of incidence is equal to angle of reflection).
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