| high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
angle bracket
angle iron | an L-shaped metal bracket |
| high-angle gun | a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges |
reflection
reflexion | the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material), he studied his reflection in the mirror |
wide-angle lens
fisheye lens | a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length), produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery |
mirror image
reflection reflexion | a likeness in which left and right are reversed |
| reflection reflexion reflectivity | the ability to reflect beams or rays |
echo
reverberation
sound reflection
replication | the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves, she could hear echoes of her own footsteps |
| camera angle | the point of view of a camera |
contemplation
reflection
reflexion
rumination
musing
thoughtfulness b | a calm, lengthy, intent consideration |
slant
angle | a biased way of looking at or presenting something |
observation
reflection
reflexion | a remark expressing careful consideration |
| bracket angle bracket | either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material |
| expression manifestation reflection reflexion | expression without words, tears are an expression of grief, the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition |
| hour angle | the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body |
| Angle | a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons |
reflection
reflexion | the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface |
coefficient of reflection
reflection factor
reflectance
reflectivity | the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface |
| straight angle | an angle ofdegrees |
| reflection | (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed |
| helix angle | the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone |
| angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect, the inclination of one line to another, measured in degrees or radians |
| complementary angles | two angles whose sum is a right angle |
hour angle
HA | (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing, the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day |
| plane angle | an angle formed by two straight lines (in the same plane) |
| spherical angle | an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles |
| solid angle | an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point (the vertex) |
| inclination angle of inclination | (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) |
reentrant angle
reentering angle | an interior angle of a polygon that is greater thandegrees |
| salient angle | an angle pointing outward, an interior angle of a polygon that is less thandegrees |
interior angle
internal angle | the angle inside two adjacent sides of a polygon |
exterior angle
external angle | the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon |
angle of incidence
incidence angle | the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence |
| angle of attack | the acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil |
| critical angle | the smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally reflected |
| angle of reflection | the angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence |
| angle of refraction | the angle between a refracted ray and a line perpendicular to the surface between the two media at the point of refraction |
angle of extinction
extinction angle | the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light |
| acute angle | an angle less thandegrees but more than
degrees |
| obtuse angle | an angle betweenanddegrees |
| right angle | thedegree angle between two perpendicular lines |
| oblique angle | an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle |
| reflex angle | an angle greater thandegrees (but less than ) |
perigon
round angle | an angle ofdegrees |
| cutting angle | the angle between the face of a cutting tool and the surface of the work |
dip
angle of dip
magnetic dip
magnetic inclination
inclination | (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon |
| polyhedral angle | the space enclosed by three or more planes that intersect in a vertex |
| face angle | the angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle |
| tilt angle | the angle a rocket makes with the vertical as it curves along its trajectory |
| vertical angle | either of two equal and opposite angles formed by the intersection of two straight lines |