refractionnoun [ U ]
uk/rɪˈfræk.ʃən/us/rɪˈfræk.ʃən/specializedthe fact of light or sound being caused to change direction or to separate when it travels through water, glass, etc.
absolute index of refraction
a calculation of the relationship between the speed of light moving through a medium (= substance) and the speed of light in a vacuum (= an area with no matter in it)
angle of refraction
the angle that a beam of light or other energy that is refracted by a surface makes with a line vertical to that surface
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