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Results tagged with refraction
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Change in the direction of propagation of a wave when its transmitting medium changes. The tag does also apply to index of refraction.
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Why Does Snell's Law use Sine Instead of Angle Values? [closed]
I recognize that Snell's Law relates indices of refraction and the angles of incidence and refraction, but why does the equation use sine to describe those angles and not simply angle values? …
