Refraction
General Description
Refraction is the word used to describe a change in the direction light travels in.[1] Light is observed to change direction when it travels through a medium and/or mediums that change the speed of the light. The property of a medium that determines light's speed has a few different names.
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Index of Refraction |
Refractive Index |
Optical Density |
Relative permittivity and permeability |