"Snell's law" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /snɛlz lɔ/
Etymology: For Willebrord van Roijen Snell, Dutch mathematician. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Snell's law (uncountable)
  1. (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 Wikipedia link: Snell's law Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Optics Synonyms: Descartes law, law of refraction, Snell-Descartes law Translations (law in optics): loi de Snell-Descartes de la réfraction [feminine] (French), prawo Snelliusa [neuter] (Polish), prawo Snella [neuter] (Polish)

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