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The angle that the direction of reflected energy makes with the normal to the reflecting surface. This angle is only well defined in the case of specular reflection.
The angle that the direction of reflected energy makes with the normal to the reflecting surface. This angle is only well defined in the case of specular reflection.

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The angle that the direction of reflected energy makes with the normal to the reflecting surface. This angle is only well defined in the case of specular reflection.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)