"total internal reflection" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: total internal reflections [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} total internal reflection (countable and uncountable, plural total internal reflections)
  1. (optics, uncountable) A phenomenon where light, instead of passing into a medium of a lower refractive index and refracting away from the normal, is completely reflected by the boundary between the two media because it approaches at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Optics Synonyms: complete internal reflection, total internal reflexion Related terms: Snell's law Translations (Translations): całkowite wewnętrzne odbicie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-total_internal_reflection-en-noun-Ref3Gfz3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 76 24 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'Translations': 94 6
  2. (countable) An instance of this phenomenon. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-total_internal_reflection-en-noun-sIMh44mU

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Alternative forms

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