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Solid angle

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anglenoun(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
spherical anglenoun(geometry) A particular dihedral angle, the angle between two intersecting arcs on a sphere, measured by the angle between the planes containing the arcs.
right anglenoun(geometry) Half of the angle formed by a single straight line, equivalent to 90 degrees.
vertical anglenoun(geometry) Any of the opposite angles formed by intersecting lines.
full anglenoun(geometry) round angle
complete anglenoun(geometry) round angle
alternate anglesnoun(geometry) the internal angles made by two (parallel) lines with a third, on opposite sides of it.
acute anglenoun(geometry) An angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees.
plane anglenoun(geometry) An angle formed by two intersecting straight lines.
vertex anglenoun(geometry) An angle associated with a vertex of an n-dimensional polytope.
straight anglenoun(mathematics, geometry) An angle that is equal to 180° (pi radians or two right angles).
round anglenoun(geometry) An angle of 360 degrees; a full circle.
visual anglenoun(geometry) The angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye.
central anglenoun(geometry) An angle positioned with its vertex at the center of a circle.
horn anglenounA curvilinear angle formed between a circle and a straight line tangent to it, or, more generally, the angle formed between two curves at a point where they are tangent to each other.
angulationnounThe formation of angles.
phase anglenoun(wave physics) Angular displacement of a sinusoid from a reference point or reference time.
solid(of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
euleranglenounAlternative form of Euler angle. [(geometry) Any one of three angles which together describe the orientation of a rigid body with respect to a fixed three-dimensional coordinate system, according to a formalism introduced by Leonhard Euler.]
square degreenoun(geometry) A unit of solid angle equal to π²/32400 steradian

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