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Term: reflection
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Definition: a process in which an incident wave, meeting a surface separating two different media, gives rise to another wave called a reflected wave, which propagates away from the surface in the same medium as the incident wave and is interpretable by geometrical optics

NOTE – According to the degree of fulfilment of certain geometrical optics conditions, the reflection may be considered as a specular reflection or a diffuse reflection.


Publication date:1995-09
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