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ANGLE OF INCIDENCE

\ˈaŋɡə͡l ɒv ˈɪnsɪdəns], \ˈaŋɡə‍l ɒv ˈɪnsɪdəns], \ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_əl ɒ_v ˈɪ_n_s_ɪ_d_ə_n_s]\

Definitions of ANGLE OF INCIDENCE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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the angle at which a light-ray strikes a denser medium.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The angle which a ray of light or a wave of sound makes with the perpendicular to a surface at which it undergoes reflection or refraction.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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