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Brewster angle
  زاویه‌ی ِ بروستر  
zâviye-ye Brewster (#)
Fr.: angle de Brewster  

The → angle of incidence for which the sum of the incident angle and the → angle of refraction is 90°. The value of Brewster’s angle for glass is 57° and for water is 53°. Same as → polarizing angle.

See also: → Brewster’s law; → angle.