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Angle of incidence

noun

The angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence. Synonym: incidence angle.

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"Angle of incidence" Quotes from Famous Books

... for the air liner. He can't use a very large engine, for it would drag him down, but one of the new hundred horsepower jobs would weigh only about fifty pounds. I think we can draw a pretty good picture of his plane from scientific logic. It probably has a tremendous wingspread and a very high angle of incidence to make it possible to glide at that height, and the engine and prop ...

— The Black Star Passes • John W Campbell

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