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/ɹɪfɹˈækʃən/
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NOUN
- the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
- the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
How To Use refraction In A Sentence
- I did not leave untried," says he, "whether, by assuming a horizontal refraction according to the density of the medium, the rest would correspond to the sines of the distances from a vertical direction, but calculation proved that it was not so: and, indeed, there was no occasion to have tried it, for thus the _refraction would increase according to the same law in all mediums, which is contradicted by experiment_. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler
- Similarly, the variation of distance refraction and the presence of astigmatism is also lower than for humans.
- The segments differ from each other as regards refraction and in their behavior toward coloring reagents; the inner segment is stained by carmine, iodine, etc.; the outer segment is not stained by these reagents, but is colored yellowish brown by osmic acid. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye
- Huygens discovered the law of refraction to derive the focal distances of lenses.
- The excimer laser ablation nomogram controls the relative distribution of the refraction correction into one or more zones.
- A fundamental property called the refractive index governs the amount of light a material reflects, as well as other optical properties such as diffraction, refraction, and the speed of light inside the material. The World’s Blackest Material | Impact Lab
- It was a beautifully worked out theory and explained most of the observed phenomena of light such as reflection, refraction, diffraction etc.
- The optical path difference is directly proportional to the cosine of the angle of refraction through the coating.
- Now the question suggests itself, as to whether it is possible to reconcile the two theories in relation to the refraction of light by our conception of an atomic and gravitative Aether and Gravitation
- In the treatment of ‘gross’ errors of refraction - myopia, astigmatism and hyperopia - LASIK is one of the procedures of choice.
