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The ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in a material. Also called Index of Refraction.
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The ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to its velocity in another specific medium. Light bends as ir passes between materials of different RIs.
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| refractive index |
The refractive index of a medium is calculated by dividing the speed light travels through that medium by the speed of light in a vacuum. Ice has a refractive index of 1.31, while air has a refrative index of 1.000277
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| refractive index |
Numerical value that describes the refraction of light when it passes through the boundary of two different materials.
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| refractive index |
The ratio of the velocity of lmonochromatic light (sodium D line 589.3 mu), in annealed glass samples as compared to air.
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