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angle of reflection

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The angle formed by a reflected ray or wave and a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of reflection.

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  • noun optics The angle between the perpendicular and a ray reflected from a surface

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  • noun the angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence

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