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Angle of incidence n. (Aeronautics) The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed air current.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Angle of Incidence—The angle which a line drawn from the leading to the trailing edge of the plane makes with the horizontal trailing angle between the tangent to the trailing edge of the plane and the chord or a line drawn from the leading to ...

— The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing - A Manual of Ready Reference • Joseph Triemens

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... This projectile, when discharged, speedily assumes the vertical position, so that there is every probability that it will strike the ground fairly and squarely, although at the same time such an impact is not imperative, because it will explode even if the angle of incidence be only 5 degrees. It is remarkably steady in its flight, the balancing and the design of the tail frustrating completely any tendency to wobble or to ...

— Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War • Frederick A. Talbot

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... bridge, and wonder how any humane parent could have permitted such a development to grow before his very eyes when by one quick and dexterous strike with a flat-iron it might have been remedied. He would look at the angle of incidence made by the sun's rays on one side of his nose and then at the angle of reflection on the other, and find himself lost in amazement that anything so thin could produce so ...

— Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York • Lemuel Ely Quigg

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Words linked to "Angle of incidence" : angle of attack, incidence angle, angle, critical angle