Light Study Guide Chapter 18
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Transparent | is a matrial that allows light to come through |
| translucent | scatters light that passes through it |
| image | a copy of an object formed by rflected or refracted rays of light |
| regular reflection | a reflection that occurs when paralell light waves strike a surface |
| mirage | a false or disorted image |
| polarized light | a type of light including light with waves that vibrate in only one pass |
| dispersion | the process of disolving by breaking into smaller peices |
| primary colors | three colors that can be combined to create millons of colors |
| secondary colors | new color that results when any two of the primary colors are combined |
| complementary color of light | any two colors of light that combine to form white light |
| phosphor | a solid material that emits light by flouresence |
| laser | a device that generates a beam of coherent light |
| coherent | light waves having the same wave length |
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