Acceptance Angle

Acceptance angle can refer to:

  • Half of the angular aperture of an optical system
  • Acceptance angle (optical fiber), the angle in an optical fiber below which rays are guided rays
  • Acceptance angle (solar concentrator)

Famous quotes containing the words acceptance and/or angle:

    “To be conservative requires no brains whatsoever. Cabbages, cows and conifers are conservatives, and are so stupid they don’t even know it. All that is basically required is acceptance of what exists.”
    —Colin Welch (b. 1924)

    “Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)