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:

    “It was hard for an American to understand the contented acceptance by English men and women of permanent places in the lowest social rank.”
    —Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (1877–1965)

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