light refraction
Light refraction is the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another, causing a change in its direction or speed.
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Related Concepts (24)
- angle of incidence
- angle of refraction
- atmospheric refraction
- brewster's angle
- critical angle
- diffraction
- dispersion
- fiber optics
- huygens' principle
- index of refraction
- lens
- mirrors
- optics
- prism effect
- prisms
- rainbow
- rainbow formation
- rainbows
- ray tracing
- reflection
- secondary rainbow
- snell's law
- total internal reflection
- wavefront
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- law of refraction
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- reflection and refraction
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