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The following 30 entries include the term angle of.
angle of attack
noun phrase: the acute angle between the direction of the relative wind and the chord of an airfoil
angle of depression
noun phrase: the angle formed by the line of sight and the horizontal plane for an object below the horizontal
angle of elevation
noun phrase: the angle formed by the line of sight and the horizontal plane for an object above the horizontal
angle of incidence
noun phrase: the angle that a line (such as a ray of light) falling on a surface or interface makes with the normal drawn at the point of incidence
angle of reflection
noun phrase: the angle between a reflected ray and the normal drawn at the point of incidence to a reflecting surface
angle of refraction
noun phrase: the angle between a refracted ray and the normal drawn at the point of incidence to the interface at which refraction occurs
angle of action
: the angle of revolution of either of two wheels in gear during which any particular tooth continues in contact
angle of altitude
angle of approach
: the angle turned through by either of a pair of wheels in gear from the first contact of a pair of teeth until the pitch points of these teeth fall together
angle of bank
angle of climb
: the angle between the horizontal and the flight path of a climbing airplane
angle of contact
: the angle between the meniscus and the containing walls of a column of liquid measured from the vertical wall below the surface of the liquid to the position of the tangent to the meniscus at its point of contact with the wall
angle of declination
: the angle made by a descending line or plane with a horizontal plane
angle of departure
: the vertical angle between the line of departure of a projectile and the line of site of the gun
angle of fall
: the vertical angle between the horizontal and the tangent to the trajectory of a projectile at the point of fall
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