angle of refraction

Other forms: angles of refraction

Definitions of angle of refraction
  1. 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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    angle
    the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
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