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Snell's law
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English
Etymology
For Willebrord van Roijen Snell, Dutch mathematician.
Pronunciation
en /snɛlz lɔ/
Proper noun
en optics 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
Synonyms
en Descartes law
en law of refraction
en Snell-Descartes law
Translations
law in optics
French: fr loi de Snell-Descartes de la réfraction f
Polish: pl prawo Snelliusa n, pl prawo Snella n
en eponyms