Please give a detailed description of plane angle d theta and solid angle d ohm with appropriate figures.

Plane Angle is defined as the amount of rotation about the point of intersection of two lines that is required to make them overlap on one another. It is measured in radian.

Solid angle is a cone subtended by a surface on the center of the sphere of which the surface is a part. It is defined by the ratio of the area of the surface and square of radius. It is measured in steradian.

In the diagram the area S of the sphere subtends a solid angle, Ω = S/r 2

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