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Noun

1. 1
   The angle that a straight line, ray of light, etc., meeting a surface, makes with a normal to the surface at the point of meeting.
2. 2
   the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence wordnet
3. 3
   The angle, usually fixed, between the chord line of a wing or horizontal stabilizer and the axis of the fuselage, measured at the root.

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incidence angleincidences