"refractive index" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: refractive indices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|refractive indices}} refractive index (plural refractive indices)
  1. (physics) The ratio of the speed of light in air or vacuum to that in another medium. Wikipedia link: refractive index Categories (topical): Optics, Physics Translations (ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium): 折射率 (zhéshèlǜ) (Chinese), brydningsindeks [neuter] (Danish), brekingsindex [masculine] (Dutch), taitekerroin (Finnish), indice de réfraction [masculine] (French), გარდატეხის მაჩვენებელი (gardaṭexis mačvenebeli) (Georgian), Brechzahl [feminine] (German), Brechungsindex [masculine] (German), 屈折率 (kussetsuritsu) (Japanese), taupū hakoko (Maori), współczynnik załamania [masculine] (Polish), indice de refracție [masculine] (Romanian), ìre de sholas-bhriseadh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), indeks prelamanja [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), индекс преламања [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), índice de refracción [masculine] (Spanish), brytningsindex [neuter] (Swedish), వక్రీభవన గుణకము (vakrībhavana guṇakamu) (Telugu)

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