Angle of incidence is a measure of deviation of something from "straight on", for example:
- in the approach of a ray to a surface, or
- the angle at which the wing or horizontal tail of an airplane is installed on the fuselage, measured relative to the axis of the fuselage.
Read more about Angle Of Incidence: Optics, Angle of Incidence of Fixed-wing Aircraft
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“So much symmetry!
Like the pale angle of time
And eternity.
The great shape labored and fell.”
—N. Scott Momaday (b. 1934)
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