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| refraction definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | bending of a ray of light | 50 sets | |
| 2 | the bending of light | 24 sets | |
| 3 | the bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another | 14 sets | |
| 4 | a wave bends as it moves from one medium to another | 12 sets | |
| 5 | bending of light | 11 sets | |
| 6 | the bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle | 10 sets | |
| 7 | the bending of waves due to a change in speed | 8 sets | |
| 8 | the bending of light rays as they pass through a substance | 8 sets | |
| 9 | the bending of waves as they enter a different medium | 6 sets | |
| 10 | the bending of light rays when they pass through a substance | 6 sets | |
| 11 | the bending of a wave as it enters a new medium at an angle | 5 sets | |
| 12 | the bending of light rays | 5 sets | |
| 13 | the bending of light as it moves from one material to another | 5 sets | |
| 14 | the bending of light as it passes from one material to another | 5 sets | |
| 15 | the bending of a light wave as it moves from one material to another | 5 sets | |
| 16 | the bending of a wave as the wave passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs | 5 sets | |
| 17 | the bending of light as it passes from one material into another | 5 sets | |
| 18 | a change in the direction of a wave that occurs as it passes from one medium to another of different density | 4 sets | |
| 19 | this is the bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one substance to another | 4 sets | |
| 20 | bending of light rays by the cornea, lens, and fluids of the eye to bring the rays into focus on the retina. | 4 sets | |
| 21 | bending of light rays | 4 sets | |
| 22 | light bending | 4 sets | |
| 23 | the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another | 4 sets | |
| 24 | the bending of the path of light when it moves from one kind of matter to another | 4 sets | |
| 25 | the bending of a wave disturbance as it passes at an angle from one medium to another | 4 sets | |
| 26 | as light passes from one transparent medium to another, it changes speed, and bends | 3 sets | |
| 27 | the bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another. | 3 sets | |
| 28 | this occurs when a wave moves from 1 medium into another and changes speed, which causes the wave to bend | 3 sets | |
| 29 | bending of a light ray as it passes from one substance to another | 3 sets | |
| 30 | bending of light as it passes through an object | 3 sets | |
| 31 | bending of light as it passes from one material into another | 3 sets | |
| 32 | the bending of light when it passes across the boundary between two media with different indices of refraction. | 3 sets | |
| 33 | the bending of light waves | 3 sets | |
| 34 | bending of waves | 3 sets | |
| 35 | the bending of light when it moves from one kind of matter to another | 3 sets | |
| 36 | the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another | 3 sets | |
| 37 | the bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it moves from one medium to another | 3 sets | |
| 38 | when a wave bends as it passes from one medium to another at an angle, ______________ occurs. | 3 sets | |
| 39 | as light waves pass through a clear obeject they slow down and bend | 3 sets | |
| 40 | bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another | 3 sets | |