Scatter Angle

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Scatter Angle

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The angle between any given ray of scattered radiation and the incident ray. See relative scatter intensity, scattering. </dd>
Convention varies as to whether this angle is measured with respect to the direction in which the incident radiation was advancing or with respect to the direction from scatterer to radiation source. </dd>

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use