Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snell's law

/snɛlz lɔ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: snel-l's law
IPA: /snɛlz lɔ/

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Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

the law that, for a ray incident on the interface of two media, the sine of the angle of incidence times the index of the refraction of the first medium is equal to the sine of the angle of refraction times the index of refraction of the second medium

Etymology

For Willebrord van Roijen Snell, Dutch mathematician.

Synonyms

Descartes law law of refraction Snell-Descartes law

Questions

How do you pronounce snell's law?: The recorded pronunciation is /snɛlz lɔ/.
What does snell's law mean?: the law that, for a ray incident on the interface of two media, the sine of the angle of incidence times the index of the refraction of the first medium is equal to the sine of the angle of refraction times the index of refraction of the second medium
Where does snell's law come from?: For Willebrord van Roijen Snell, Dutch mathematician.

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