διάθλαση — meaning in English
diathlasi
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English meaning
- refraction noun The bending of light, sound or water waves as they pass from one material into another in which they travel at a different speed.
Senses
διάθλαση is used for these senses in English:
- diffraction (quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.
- refraction (physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
refraction — full definition
- noun The bending of light, sound or water waves as they pass from one material into another in which they travel at a different speed.
- noun An eye test that measures how the eye bends light, used to work out the strength of lens a person needs.