angle of refraction

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angle of refraction [′aŋ·gəl əv ri′frak·shən]

(physics)

The angle between the direction of propagation of a wave that is refracted by a surface and the line that is perpendicular to the surface at the point of refraction.

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No references found			It was fitted and filled with looking-glasses at every angle of refraction, so that they looked like the hundred facets of one huge diamond--if one could get inside a diamond. The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context			angle of depression angle of descent angle of deviation angle of dip angle of divergence angle of elevation angle of entry angle of external friction angle of fall angle of friction angle of geodesic contingence angle of glide angle of illumination angle of impact angle of incidence angle of lag angle of lead angle of nip angle of obliquity angle of orientation angle of pitch angle of pressure angle of radiation angle of recess angle of reflection angle of refraction angle of repose angle of rest angle of roll angle of safety angle of shear angle of site angle of slide angle of stall angle of thread angle of torsion angle of train angle of traverse angle of twist angle of vertical angle of view angle of wall friction angle of wrap angle of yaw angle paddle angle pier angle plate angle post angle press angle rafter angle rail			angle of lag angle of lead Angle of Louis Angle of Louis Angle of Louis Angle of Louis angle of mandible angle of mandible angle of mandible angle of mandible angle of nip angle of obliquity Angle of ordination angle of orientation angle of orientation angle of pitch Angle of position Angle of pressure angle of pubis angle of pubis angle of pubis angle of pubis angle of radiation angle of recess angle of reduction angle of reduction angle of reduction angle of reduction angle of reflection angle of reflection angle of refraction Angle of repose Angle of repose Angle of repose angle of rest angle of rest angle of rib angle of roll angle of safety angle of safety angle of shear Angle of Side-Slip angle of site angle of slide angle of stall angle of subluxation angle of subluxation angle of subluxation angle of the iris angle of the iris angle of the iris angle of the iris angle of thread angle of torsion angle of torsion angle of torsion Angle of total reflection Angle of traction angle of train angle of traverse angle of Treitz

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