English Explanatory Dictionary

solid angle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The three-dimensional analog of an angle, equivalent to the area of that portion of the surface of a unit sphere that it subtends.

Word forms

solid angle solid angles

Related words

steradian square degree
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