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845-21-109
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en
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Standard
Term:
solid angle, <of an area subtended at a point>
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Definition:
area intercepted on a unit sphere, centred at the point, by a cone having the given area as its base and the point as its vertex
Note 1 to entry: The solid angle is expressed in steradian (sr).
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2020-12
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area intercepted on a unit sphere, centred at the point, by a cone having the given area as its base and the point as its vertex
Note 1 to entry: The solid angle is expressed in steradian (sr).