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单词 snell's law
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Snell's law

[ snelz ]
/ snɛlz /

noun 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 refraction of the first medium is equal to the sine of the angle of refraction times the index of refraction of the second medium.

Origin of Snell's law

named after Willebrod Snell van Royen (died 1626), Dutch mathematician

Words nearby Snell's law

Snefru, snell, Snellen chart, Snellen's test types, Snellen test, Snell's law, SNF, SNG, snib, snick, snicker
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British Dictionary definitions for Snell's law

Snell's law
/ (snɛlz) /

noun

physics the principle that the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is constant when a light ray passes from one medium to another

Word Origin for Snell's law

C17: named after Willebrord Snell (1591–1626), Dutch physicist
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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