Definition of Glancing. Meaning of Glancing. Synonyms of Glancing

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Definition of Glancing

Glancing
Glancing Glan"cing, a. 1. Shooting, as light. When through the gancing lightnings fly. --Rowe. 2. Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot.

Meaning of Glancing from wikipedia

- intentionally or unconsciously done in a quick, subtle, or hidden way. "Glancing" and "glimpsing" are terms that imply looking at things in a subtle way...
- 90-degree complement to the angle of incidence is called the grazing angle or glancing angle. Incidence at small grazing angles is called "grazing incidence."...
- Look up angle of incidence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Angle of incidence is a measure of deviation of something from "straight on" and may refer...
- The Tunguska event was a large explosion of between 3 and 50 megatons that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate (now...
- Glancing Madly Backwards is an album by Swedish progressive rock band Qoph. Released in May 2014, the album contains unreleased and hard-to-find tracks...
- of Earth's m****, named Theia, collided with Earth. It hit Earth with a glancing blow and some of its m**** merged with Earth. Between approximately 4.1...
- to Andromeda and thus a part of that galaxy. After a further series of glancing blows, during which the likelihood of the Solar System's ejection rises...
- meant the Russian classics. And immediately afterward, reading or, rather, glancing through some verse in the Literary Gazette: 'Just look how tremendously...
- the West German area, where Geoff Hurst rose unchallenged; his downward glancing header went into the net and levelled the scores at 1-1. The teams were...
- virtually all countries outside of the U.S. Angle of entry: Angles range from glancing (tangential) that allow full-speed entry to 90 degree angles (perpendicular)...