Definition of Angle of reflection

1. Noun. The angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence.

Generic synonyms: Angle

Definition of Angle of reflection

1. Noun. (optics) The angle between the perpendicular and a ray reflected from a surface ¹

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Medical Definition of Angle of reflection

1. The angle that a ray reflected from a surface makes with a line drawn perpendicular to this surface. It is equal to the angle of incidence. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Angle Of Reflection

angle of declination
angle of depression
angle of deviation
angle of dip
angle of eccentricity
angle of emergence
angle of extinction
angle of femoral torsion
angle of incidence
angle of inclination
angle of iris
angle of jaw
angle of mandible
angle of polarization
angle of reflection
angle of refraction
angle of repose
angle of torsion
angle of view
angle quote
angleberries
angleberry
anglecized
angled
angled loofah
angledozer
angledozers
angleless
anglemeter

Literary usage of Angle of reflection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... line A and the dotted line reaching from о to x make the angle of incidence, and the angle between в and the line from о to X is the angle of reflection ..."

2. Elementary Treatise on Physics Experimental and Applied for the Use of by Adolphe Ganot, Edmund Atkinson (1886)
"... the angle of reflection CDF, is equal to the angle of incidence GDC, and is in the same plane. It follows from this, that the point F, ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1872)
"The law which regulates the reflection of light is expressed by saying that ' the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence' : the incident and ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"... is termed the angle of incidence ; and the angle ' II D, contained between the corresponding reflected ray and the . is called the angle of reflection. ..."

5. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1903)
"The angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence. The laws of reflection are proved whenever an "artificial horizon" is used for determining the ..."

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