critical angle measurement
Critical angle measurement refers to the specific angle of incidence at which light, traveling from a denser medium to a less dense medium, refracts at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the normal, causing the light to completely reflect back into the denser medium instead of refracting into the less dense medium.
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