IEVref:
702-02-19
ID:
Language:
en
Status:
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
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1992-03
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2011-09-16: "symb.:" deleted from Symbol field by. JGO
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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