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PRONUNCIATION OF CRITICAL ANGLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRITICAL ANGLE

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Critical angle is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CRITICAL ANGLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of critical angle in the English dictionary

The definition of critical angle in the dictionary is the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRITICAL ANGLE

critical
critical apparatus
critical constants
critical damping
critical density
critical mass
critical path
critical path analysis
critical path method
critical period
critical point
critical pressure
critical region
critical state
critical temperature
critical volume
criticality
critically
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WORDS THAT END LIKE CRITICAL ANGLE

angle
bangle
Bermuda Triangle
dangle
dihedral angle
golden triangle
love triangle
mangle
quadrangle
rectangle
right angle
right-angled triangle
round angle
single
solid angle
strangle
tangle
the Golden Triangle
triangle
untangle
warning triangle

Synonyms and antonyms of critical angle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «critical angle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRITICAL ANGLE

Find out the translation of critical angle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of critical angle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «critical angle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

临界角
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ángulo crítico
570 millions of speakers

English

critical angle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महत्वपूर्ण कोण
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الزاوية الحرجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

критический угол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ângulo crítico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জটিল কোণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

angle critique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sudut kritikal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kritische Winkel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

臨界角
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

임계각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sudut sing kritis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

góc tới hạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முக்கிய கோணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गंभीर कोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kritik açı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

angolo critico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kąt krytyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

критичний кут
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unghi critic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρίσιμη γωνία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kritiese hoek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kritiska vinkeln
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kritisk vinkel
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRITICAL ANGLE»

The term «critical angle» is regularly used and occupies the 83.484 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about critical angle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRITICAL ANGLE»

Discover the use of critical angle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to critical angle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Critical Angle
Photographer Mickey Flynn is sent on assignment to infiltrate a training camp for Palestinian terrorists, unaware that he is a pawn of Israeli intelligence.
Jo Bannister, 1999
2
The World of Physics
-Themirage- straight, direct ray through air at same temperature b) When the angle of refraction r = 90°, the angle of incidence / = the critical angle c -Prisms at work -An optical fibre or light pipe-. Refraction; light rays change direction air gets  ...
John Avison, 1989
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Gemmology
To determine the critical angle of a gem material, invert its RI value (i.e. divide it into 1.0). This will give the sine of the angle, which can then be looked up in a set of trigonometric tables (alternatively, this can be obtained directly from a gem's ...
Peter Read, 2012
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Ultrasonic Waves in Solid Media
Therefore 02 > 0, Therefore B} < 0, a) First critical angle can be defined as: 0 = sin"' 3- when 0. = 90° e c2 2 b) Second critical angle occurs when the shear refracted angle is 90° Figure 4-6. Critical angle concepts. In this case, all of the ...
Joseph L. Rose, 2004
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Physics: A Conceptual World View
Beyond this incident angle—called the critical angle—the light no longer leaves the material; the light is totally reflected as shown in Figure 18-5(b). This is called total internal reflection. The critical angle can be found experimentally by ...
Larry Kirkpatrick, Gregory Francis, 2009
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Longman Science Physics10
The angle of incidence in glass for which the angle of refraction is 90° in air, is the critical angle of glass with respect to air. In general, the critical angle for a medium is the angle of incidence in that medium for which the angle of refraction in air ...
Singh Sardar, 2008
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Physics for CXC
John Avison. -The mirage straight, direct ray through airat same temperature b) When the angle of refraction r = 90°, the angle of incidence i = the critical angle c -Prisms at work - -An optical fibre or light pipe_. Refraction; light rays change ...
John Avison, 1999
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Seismic Ray Theory
For angles of incidence i greater than critical angle i∗, the square root becomes positive imaginary (see (5.3.6)), and the R/T coefficients are complex-valued. There may be several critical angles corresponding to different Pi. For the incident P ...
V. Cerveny, 2005
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Cambridge IGCSE Physics Coursebook with CD-ROM
Figure 13.15 How a ray of light is reflected or refracted inside a glass block depends on the angle of incidence. a, b For angles less than a certain angle, called the critical angle, some of the light is reflected and some is refracted. c At the ...
David Sang, 2010
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The Light Airplane Pilot's Guide to Stall/spin Awareness: ...
As angle of attack increases beyond the critical angle, the coefficient of lift then decreases. Coefficients of lift and drag share a common trend below critical angle of attack — they move in the same direction with changes in angle of attack.
Rich Stowell, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRITICAL ANGLE»

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July 7th, 2015 by Jolie Lucas
Up and down drafts are masked because the autopilot handles them for us — until it trims all the way to the critical angle of attack. I've seen that happen multiple ... «AOPA Pilot, Jul 15»
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Timothy Malcolm: Labeling others is the first step to bullying
But that's the key: all of us label, even if we're not doing so with a critical angle. This is how bullying begins, very early and in various forms. «Times Herald-Record, Jul 15»
3
The Art Of The Ricochet
There seems to be a critical angle of incidence determining whether a bullet dives down into the water or bounces off into the stratosphere. «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
4
Capital Talk: Roads for productivity
For the widening of roads, a critical angle that has to be looked at is the status of the roundabouts. Shall we demolish these and just retain a few ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
5
Reigniting the Sacred Fire
The retranslation, with a strong critical angle, however, is very relevant today. Despite being a period novel that spoke about the social fabric of ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
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X-Rays Tuned with Tiny Mirrors
... mirror illustrates the reflection of an incoming X-ray at a particular critical angle. Image credit: Daniel Lopez/Argonne National Laboratory. «Product Design & Development, Jun 15»
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Climbing higher
... provide much greater aerodynamic warning of an impending stall, and raise the critical angle of attack at which the wing stalls to an almost ... «AOPA Pilot, Jun 15»
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News and Updates - FAA and GA Community Launch Fly Safe …
For a given configuration, the airplane always stalls at the same angle of attack (the critical angle of attack). Without an AOA indicator, AOA is ... «Aviation.ca, Jun 15»
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Challenging a "Disposable Future," Looking to a Politics of Possibility
In doing so, we hope that it offers and enables a critical angle of vision that goes well beyond the mere authentication of lives as simply born ... «Truth-Out, May 15»
10
New Air Carrier Pilot Rules Miss Essential Training Need
However, this phrase is incredibly inaccurate. An aerodynamic stall is caused by an aircraft exceeding the wing's critical angle or attack and ... «DC Velocity, May 15»

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