phase angle

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.

Further reading

• phase angle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phase angle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia