phase angle

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English

Noun

phase angle (uncountable)

  1. (mathematics) Angular component of a polar coordinate representation.
  2. (astronomy) Angle between incident light and reflected light.
  3. (wave physics) Angular displacement of a sinusoid from a reference point or reference time.
  4. (electronics) Angular component of the vector representation of a sinusoid.
  5. (mathematics) Angular component of a vector.

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