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light ray

NOUN
shaft
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He developed his theory of mechanics by comparing the path of a light ray with the path followed by a moving particle.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

A light ray entering an optical fiber surrounded by air is first refracted and then reflected as shown in Figure 25.55.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

As before, the angles are measured relative to a perpendicular to the surface at the point where the light ray crosses it.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Suppose light were incident from air onto a material that had a negative index of refraction, say –1.3; where does the refracted light ray go?

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

"If a light ray is nullified upon entering the field of darkness, will it emerge at the other edge as a perfect light ray again?" asked Stopford.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various




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