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    medium. Refraction of light is the most commonly observed phenomenon, but other waves such as sound waves and water waves also experience refraction. How...
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    described by Snell's law of refraction, n1 sin θ1 = n2 sin θ2, where θ1 and θ2 are the angle of incidence and angle of refraction, respectively, of a ray...
    78 KB (8,750 words) - 03:28, 21 December 2024
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    This refraction is due to the velocity of light through air decreasing (the refractive index increases) with increased density. Atmospheric refraction near...
    30 KB (3,728 words) - 03:01, 7 December 2024
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    ibn-Sahl law, and the law of refraction) is a formula used to describe the relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction, when referring to light...
    27 KB (3,940 words) - 03:50, 5 December 2024
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    Birefringence means double refraction. It is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation...
    59 KB (6,588 words) - 02:43, 7 November 2024
  • Refraction, in acoustics, comparable to the refraction of electromagnetic radiation, is the bending of sound propagation trajectories (rays) in inhomogeneous...
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    Seismic refraction is a geophysical principle governed by Snell's Law of refraction. The seismic refraction method utilizes the refraction of seismic waves...
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    ophthalmologists use to measure the refraction of the eye and the shape of the cornea, such as corneal topography. While refractive surgery is becoming more affordable...
    34 KB (3,895 words) - 23:23, 2 October 2024
  • In optics, negative refraction is the electromagnetic phenomenon where light rays become refracted at an interface that is opposite to their more commonly...
    9 KB (1,143 words) - 11:51, 2 November 2024
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    Levelling refraction refers to the systematic refraction effect distorting the results of line levelling over the Earth's surface. In line levelling, short...
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    refraction?" Optom Vis Sci. 2005 Jan;82(1):64-8. PMID 15630406. Choong YF, Chen AH, Goh PP.: A comparison of autorefraction and subjective refraction...
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    final refraction is not always the final script the patient wears comfortably. The following equipment is used to complete a Subjective Refraction:[citation...
    11 KB (1,353 words) - 00:56, 7 November 2024
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    an index measurement if precision is required. In general, an index of refraction is a complex number with both a real and imaginary part, where the latter...
    17 KB (1,093 words) - 16:59, 23 September 2024
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    possible conical refractions, one internal and one external. For internal refraction, there are 4 directions, and for external refraction, there are 4 other...
    35 KB (5,377 words) - 16:26, 15 December 2024
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    the effects most studied is the negative index of refraction. When a negative index of refraction occurs, propagation of the electromagnetic wave is...
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    magnified virtual image 6. The objective in a refracting telescope refracts or bends light. This refraction causes parallel light rays to converge at a...
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    goal. Another rarely used refraction technique involves the use of a stenopaeic slit (a thin slit aperture) where the refraction is determined in specific...
    38 KB (4,098 words) - 05:03, 19 October 2024
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    "objective refraction" the clinician typically shows the person lenses of progressively higher or weaker powers in a process known as subjective refraction. Cycloplegic...
    37 KB (3,867 words) - 21:46, 15 December 2024
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    eyeglass prescription. A refraction procedure consists of two parts: objective and subjective. An objective refraction is a refraction obtained without receiving...
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  • Total refraction occurs when an incident wave on an interface between two media with opposite refractive index signs is completely transmitted. There is...
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