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! Angle
|
! Adjacent
! Opposite
! Hypotenuse
! Sine = O/H
! Cosine = A/H
! Tangent = O/A
|-
| <math>\chi</math>
| Azimuth on detector <br/> (relative to <math>q_z</math> axis)
| <math>z</math>
| <math>x</math>
| <math>r = \sqrt{x^2 + z^2}</math>
| <math>\sin \chi = \frac{x}{r}</math>
| <math>\cos \chi = \frac{z}{r}</math>
| <math>\tan \chi = \frac{x}{z}</math>
|-
| <math>2\theta</math>
| Full scattering angle <br/> (between incident beam and scattering)
| <math>y</math>
| <math>r = \sqrt{x^2 + z^2}</math>
| <math>R = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2 + z^2}</math>
| <math>\sin 2\theta = \frac{r}{R}</math>
| <math>\cos 2\theta = \frac{y}{R}</math>
| <math>\tan 2\theta = \frac{r}{y}</math>
|-
| <math>\gamma</math>
| In-plane angle
| <math>y</math>
| <math>x</math>
| <math>h = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}</math>
| <math>\sin \gamma = \frac{x}{h}</math>
| <math>\cos \gamma = \frac{y}{h}</math>
| <math>\tan \gamma = \frac{x}{y}</math>
|-
| <math>\delta</math>
| Elevation angle
| <math>h = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}</math>
| <math>z</math>
| <math>R = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2 + z^2}</math>
| <math>\sin \delta = \frac{x}{R}</math>
| <math>\cos \delta = \frac{h}{R}</math>
| <math>\tan \delta = \frac{x}{h}</math>
|}