In astronomy, position angle (usually abbreviated PA) is the convention for measuring angles on the sky. The International Astronomical Union defines it...

an angle or plane angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle. Two...

stroke) A {\displaystyle A} crank angle (from cylinder bore centerline at TDC) x {\displaystyle x} piston pin position (distance upward from crank center...

an internal combustion engine, both petrol and diesel, to monitor the position or rotational speed of the crankshaft. This information is used by engine...

man on top. Variations in the positions may vary the angle and depth of penile penetration. In the missionary position, a woman lies on her back on a...

pole, the parallactic angle will be the position angle of the zenith at the celestial object. Despite its name, this angle is unrelated with parallax...

shows the apparent distance between the two stars and their relative position angle: the first three columns show data predicted from an orbit calculated...

sensor Velocity receiver Magnetic sensor Charge-coupled device CMOS sensor Angle–sensitive pixel Colorimeter Contact image sensor Electro-optical sensor...

Different sex positions result in differences in the depth and angle of sexual penetration. Alfred Kinsey categorized six primary positions. The earliest...

deviation position of the prism and that very deviation angle is known as the minimum angle of deviation (denoted by δmin, Dλ, or Dm). The angle of minimum...

longitude of galactic coordinates was also defined in 1959 to be at position angle 123° from the north celestial pole. Thus the zero longitude point on...

and engineering in which zero degrees represent the horizontal position. Euler angles can be defined by elemental geometry or by composition of rotations...

changes can alter the depth and angle of penetration. The woman can also sit backwards on the man and alter her position similarly. The woman may also be...

The solar azimuth angle is the azimuth (horizontal angle with respect to north) of the Sun's position. This horizontal coordinate defines the Sun's relative...

Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler and amateur wrestler. He first earned recognition for winning a...

> 1 {\displaystyle x>1} . First define: The hyperbolic angle in standard position is the angle at ( 0 , 0 ) {\displaystyle (0,0)} between the ray to (...

In geometry, a solid angle (symbol: Ω) is a measure of the amount of the field of view from some particular point that a given object covers. That is...

(related to orthodromic course; from Ancient Greek ορθός (orthós) 'right angle' and δρόμος (drómos) 'path') is the practice of navigating a vessel (a ship...

The solar zenith angle is the zenith angle of the sun, i.e., the angle between the sun’s rays and the vertical direction. It is the complement to the...

The sexual spoons position is a form of a rear-entry position, another form being the doggy style position. The spoons sex position has been called one...

angle. Many mammals have a distinctive bony prong, the angular process, immediately above the angle of the mandible. Ohngren's line Position of angle...

that is cloaked in a diffuse emission. The latter is extended along a position angle of 110° relative to the north celestial pole, and both soft X-rays and...

different types of glaucoma, the most common are called open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma. Inside the eye, a liquid called aqueous humor helps...

as to the direction of the line of sight) typically defined by its position angle and its magnitude. The first is the direction of the proper motion on...

jet is inclined at an angle of 17° relative to the observer's line of sight and oriented on the plane of the sky at a position angle of −72°. From the enhanced...

A dihedral angle is the angle between two intersecting planes or half-planes. It is a plane angle formed on a third plane, perpendicular to the line of...

The galaxy is inclined by 42° to the line-of-sight with a major axis position angle of 68°. A bridge of neutral hydrogen gas links NGC 4254 with VIRGOHI21...

known. It shows a slow rotation around an axis that is inclined along a position angle of −15°±30°. The absolute magnitude of M75 is about −8.5, equating to...

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta...

In astronomy and celestial navigation, the hour angle is the dihedral angle between the meridian plane (containing Earth's axis and the zenith) and the...