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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: solid angle
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Definition: ratio of the area cut out by a cone on a sphere with centre at the apex of the cone, to the square of the radius of the sphere

Note 1 to entry: The SI unit of solid angle is the steradian.


Publication date:2008-08
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Internal notes:2017-02-20: Editorial revisions in accordance with the information provided in C00019 (IEV 102) - evaluation. JGO
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