angle of incidence

English

Noun

angle of incidence (plural angles of incidence)

1. (optics, physics) The angle that a straight line, ray of light, etc., meeting a surface, makes with a normal to the surface at the point of meeting.
2. (aeronautics) The angle, usually fixed, between the chord line of a wing or horizontal stabilizer and the axis of the fuselage, measured at the root.

Synonyms

• (angle between wing and axis of fuselage): angle of attack (UK)

Translations

angle that a straight line makes with the normal of a surface

• Finnish: tulokulma (fi)
• German: Einfallswinkel (de) m
• Japanese: 入射角 (ja) (nyūshakaku)
• Manx: uillin huittym f
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• Maori: koki whakapā
• Romanian: unghi de incidență (ro)
• Tagalog: siha ng pagpasok

angle between a wing or horizontal stabilizer and the axis of fuselage

• Finnish: kohtauskulma
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• Japanese: 取り付け角 (toritsukekaku)