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 (occasionally also called the Tunguska incident) was a large explosion of between 3 and 50 megatons that occurred near the Podkamennaya...
- 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...
- With photons of the shorter wavelengths, with the higher frequencies, glancing-incident optics, rather than fully reflecting optics are used. Telescopes...
- 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...
- who prompts her to sign a book in her own blood. The girl refused after glancing at the man's feet and seeing that they were cloven hooves, a telltale sign...
- in Andalusia it is known as jaleo al ojeo de hunt, that is, the act of glancing, which is "driving away the game with voices, shots, blows or noise, so...