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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: refractive index
Synonym1: index of refraction
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Symbol: n
Definition: at a given point in a propagation medium and in a given direction, the ratio of the speed of propagation of electromagnetic waves in vacuum to the magnitude of the phase velocity of a sinusoidal plane wave in the given direction


Publication date:1992-03
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