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Grade 12th PassThermal Physics

What is meant by solid angle in the definition of emissive power?

Profile image of ANIMESH BHAR
8 Years agoGrade 12th Pass
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Profile image of ROSHAN MUJEEB
6 Years ago
a three-dimensional analogue of an angle, such as that subtended by a cone or formed by planes meeting at a point. It is measured in steradians.