Look up: refraction

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   Refraction
   The deflection or bending of electromagnetic waves when they pass from one kind of transparent medium into another.
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   Refraction
   bending of a light beam upon passing from one medium into another.
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   Refraction
   The process by which the direction of a wave moving in shallow water at an angle to the bottom contours is changed. The part of the wave moving shoreward in shallower water travels more slowly than that portion in deeper water, causing the wave to turn or bend to become parallel to the contours. See Figure 13.
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   Refraction
   The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another e.g., from air to water.
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   Refraction
   The deflection away from or towards the normal, of a beam of light as it passes between two media of differing densities.
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   refraction
   [n] - the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
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   Refraction
   All waves can be refracted. Refraction means bending. Light rays refract when they pass through a medium of different density (e.g. when light travels from air into glass). When light passes into a region of increased density (e.g. air to glass) it bends towards the normal. When light passes into a region of reduced density, it bends away from the normal
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   Refraction
   The bending of light as it passes between materials of different refractive index.
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   Refraction
   The bending of light that occurs at the interface between two transparent media. It occurs when the speed of light changes. See also: Diffraction, Diffuse Reflection, Refractive Index.
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    Refraction
    bending of a light beam upon passing from one medium into another.
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    refraction
    The deflection of a wave as it passes from one medium to another, eg through a lens
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    Refraction
    the act of measuring the degree of error of the power of one's
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    Refraction
    Refraction: In ophthalmology, the bending of light that takes place within the human eye. Refractive errors include nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and astigmatism. Lenses can be used to control the amount of refraction, correcting those errors.
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    refraction
    a phenomenon by which the direction of propagation of a sound wave is changed due to spatial variation in the speed of sound Category: Physics • the altering of the pathway of light from its original direction as a result of passing obliquely from one medium to another of different index of refraction Category: Physics • a change in the direction of propagation of radiation...
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    Refraction
    Re·frac'tion noun [ French réfraction .] 1. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. 2. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved. « Refraction out of the rarer medium into the denser, is made towards the perpendicular.� ...
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    refraction
    <physics> Bending of waves as they pass from a medium having one refractive index to a medium (or region within a medium) having a different refractive index. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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    refraction
    noun the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
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    Refraction
    `Refraction` is the change in direction of a wave due to a change in its speed. This is most commonly seen when a wave passes from one medium to another. Refraction of light is the most commonly seen example, but any type of wave can refract when it interacts with a medium, for example when sound waves pass from one medium into another or when water waves move into water of a different depth. Refraction is described by Snell's law, which states t...
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    refraction
    (re-frak´shәn) the act or process of refracting; specifically, the determination of the refractive errors of the eye and their correction with glasses. Refraction by the eye in (A) emmetropia; (B) hyperopia; and (C) myopia. the deviation of light in passing obli...
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    Refraction
    • (n.) The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved. • (n.) The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. • (n.) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent positi...
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    refraction
    in physics, the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another caused by its change in speed. For example, waves in deep water ... [25 related articles]
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    Refraction
    Process where insolation is redirect to a new direction of travel after entering another medium.
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    Refraction
    the change of direction or speed of light as it passes from one medium to another.
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    REFRACTION
    The bending of light or radar beam as it passes through a zone of contrasting properties, such as atmospheric density, water vapor, or temperature.
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    refraction
    1) a process in which a wave, which meets a surface separating two different media, gives rise, beyond the surface, to a wave interpretable by geometrical optics, called a refracted wave 2) the propagation of a wave, interpretable by geometrical optics, called a refracted wave in a medium with properties varying continuously in space
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