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critical angle
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critical angle: see refraction refraction, in physics, deflection of a wave on passing obliquely from one transparent medium into a second medium in which its speed is different, as the passage of a light ray from air into glass.
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critical angle

In an optical fiber, the maximum angle from the axis at which light can remain confined within the core for "total internal reflection." In contrast to the "acceptance angle," which is measured outside the fiber, the critical angle is a measurement within the fiber. See numerical aperture.


critical angle [′krid·ə·kəl ¦aŋ·gəl]
(architecture)
The angle of pitch of a flight of stairs or a ramp that, if exceeded, is considered uncomfortable and unsafe; it is 50° for stairs and 20° for ramps.
(physics)
An angle associated with total reflection of electromagnetic or acoustic radiation back into a medium from the boundary with another medium in which the radiation has a higher phase velocity; it is the smallest angle with the normal to the boundary at which total reflection occurs.


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