solid angle

English

Noun

solid angle (plural solid angles)

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

Translations

three-dimensional analog of an angle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立體角／立体角 (zh) (lìtǐjiǎo)

• Czech: prostorový úhel m
• Esperanto: solida angulo
• Finnish: avaruuskulma (fi)
• French: angle solide (fr) m
• Galician: ángulo sólido (gl) m
• German: Raumwinkel m
• Greek: στερεά γωνία f (stereá gonía)
• Hungarian: térszög (hu)
• Italian: angolo solido (it) m
• Polish: kąt bryłowy m
• Russian: теле́сный у́гол m (telésnyj úgol)

See also

• steradian
• square degree