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DEFINE(i) RADIAN(ii) STERADIAN

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(i) Radian :
It is a unit of a angle in a angle in a plane.
1 radian is the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc equal in length to the radius of the circle.
dθ =dsrradian

(ii) Steradian :
It is a unit of solid angle.
One steradian is the solid angle subtended at the centre of a sphere by the surface of the sphere, which is equal in area to the square of radius of the sphere.
dΩ=dAr2steradian

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