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hostage(1) (iou) and incident angle (medicine)


hostage(1) (iou)



hostage noun2.LME-M19.
[Old French (h)ostage, formed as HOST noun2 + -AGE.]
A hotel, a hostelry, an inn.

incident angle (medicine)


incident angle -->
angle of incidence
<optics> The angle that a ray entering a refracting medium makes with a line drawn perpendicular to the surface of this medium, the angle that a ray striking a reflecting surface makes with a line perpendicular to this surface.

Synonym: incident angle.