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Eng ID Term Definition
141
angle: check
See CHECK ANGLE.
142
angle: concluded
In a TRIANGULATION, the third angle of a triangle, not measured, but computed from the other two angles.
143
angle: conversion
See ARC TO CHORD CORRECTION.
144
angle: crossing
The angle at which two LINES OF POSITION intersect. Also called angle of cut.
145
angle: danger
See DANGER ANGLE.
146
angle: drift
See DRIFT ANGLE.
147
angle: hour
See HOUR ANGLE.
148
angle: masthead
See MASTHEAD ANGLE.
149
angle: parallactic
See PARALLACTIC ANGLE.
150
angle: phase
See PHASE ANGLE.
151
angle: slope
See SLOPE ANGLE.
152
angle: vectorial
See COORDINATES: PLANE POLAR and COOR­DINATES: POLAR.
153
angle of convergence
See PARALLACTIC ANGLE.
154
angle of cut
See ANGLE: CROSSING.
155
angle of depression
The angle in the VERTICAL PLANE between the horizontal and the line to an object below the HORIZON. Also called negative altitude.
156
angle of elevation
The angle in the VERTICAL PLANE between the horizontal and the line to an object above the HORIZON. Also called positive altitude.
157
angle of incidence
The angle between the line of motion of a RAY and the perpendicular to a surface at the point of impingement.
158
angle of reflection
The angle between the line of motion of a reflected RAY and the perpendicular to a surface at the point of REFLECTION.
159
angle of refraction
The angle between a refracted RAY and the perpendicular to the refraction surface.
160
angstroem
A unit of length, used especially in expressing the length of light waves, equal to one ten-thousandth of a MICRON or one hundred-millionth ... more
A unit of length, used especially in expressing the length of light waves, equal to one ten-thousandth of a MICRON or one hundred-millionth of a centimetre (1 x 10-8 cm).