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total internal reflection

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
to-tal in-ter-nal re-flec-tion
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phenomenon where light, instead of passing into a medium of a lower refractive index and refracting away from the normal, is completely reflected by the boundary between the two media because it approaches at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle.

Uncountable

noun

An instance of this phenomenon.

Countable

Usage

Inflected Forms

total internal reflections (plural) total internal reflexion (alternative)

Phrases

Snell's law

Frequently Paired Words

Snell's law

Synonyms

complete internal reflection

Questions

What does total internal reflection mean?
A phenomenon where light, instead of passing into a medium of a lower refractive index and refracting away from the normal, is completely reflected by the boundary between the two media because it approaches at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle.

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