English Explanatory Dictionary

Snell's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the law that, for a ray incident on the interface of two media, the sine of the angle of incidence times the index of the refraction of the first medium is equal to the sine of the angle of refraction times the index of refraction of the second medium

Pronunciation

/snɛlz lɔ/

Word forms

Snell's law

Etymology

For Willebrord van Roijen Snell, Dutch mathematician.

Synonyms

Descartes law law of refraction Snell-Descartes law
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