Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun angle_of_extinction

1 sense of angle of extinction

Sense 1
angle of extinction, extinction angle -- (the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light)
       => angle -- (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)