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angle of refraction

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The angle formed by a refracted ray or wave and a line perpendicular to the refracting surface at the point of refraction.

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  • noun optics The angle between the perpendicular and a ray refracted at a surface

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  • noun the angle between a refracted ray and a line perpendicular to the surface between the two media at the point of refraction

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