refraction
Refraction is the change in direction of a wave as it passes from one medium to another, caused by a change in its speed.
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Related Concepts (35)
- angle of incidence
- angle of refraction
- asymmetric refraction
- chromatic aberration
- colors and the visible light spectrum
- converging lens
- critical angle
- dispersion
- diverging lens
- electromagnetic spectrum
- electromagnetic waves
- fermat's principle
- fresnel equations
- geometrical optics
- huygens' principle
- index of refraction
- lens
- light spectrum
- mirages
- optical density
- optical materials
- optical phenomena
- optical physics
- optics
- prism
- prismatic colors
- prismatic dispersion
- reflection and refraction at boundaries
- refractive errors
- refractive index
- refractive power
- snell's law
- total internal reflection
- visible spectrum
- wave optics
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- anomalous refraction
- astronomical refraction
- atmospheric refraction
- diffraction
- law of refraction
- light and refraction
- light refraction
- optical diffraction
- prism refraction
- prisms and light refraction
- reflection and refraction
- reflection and refraction of light
- refracted light
- refraction of light
- terrestrial refraction