angle of impact


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angle of impact

[′aŋ·gəl əv ′im‚pakt]
(mechanics)
The acute angle between the tangent to the trajectory at the point of impact of a projectile and the plane tangent to the surface of the ground or target at the point of impact.
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With that information, and an angle of impact estimated from the shape of the stain, their software projects a realistic trajectory backwards in time to locate the origin of the blood spatter.
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An artillery shell hits the side of a house; its impact breaks through a wall or a window, the subsequent explosion blows out the whole side of the house, or takes the roof off, and the damage is the result of a precise equation depending on the trajectory of the shell, the angle of impact, the yield of the explosion, and the physical properties of the construction elements of the house - the brittleness of bricks and mortar, the elasticity of steel or timber or the density of concrete, the only material to provide any degree of protection.
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Seemingly unlikely terms such as rotation, inertia, torque, balance, angle of impact, and coefficient of friction have replaced the traditional jargon used by yesteryear's kegglers.
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