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The ratio of the speed of light in air or vacuum to that in another medium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: index of refraction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ratio
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Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese:
折射率
(zhéshèlǜ)
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Danish:
brydningsindeks
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Dutch:
brekingsindex
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Finnish:
taitekerroin
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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French:
indice de réfraction
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Georgian:
გარდატეხის მაჩვენებელი
(gardaṭexis mačvenebeli)
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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German:
Brechzahl
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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German:
Brechungsindex
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Indonesian:
indeks bias
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Indonesian:
indeks refraksi
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Japanese:
屈折率
(kussetsuritsu)
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Māori:
taupū hakoko
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Polish:
współczynnik załamania
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Romanian:
indice de refracție
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Scottish Gaelic:
ìre de sholas-bhriseadh
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Serbo-Croatian:
indeks prelamanja
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Serbo-Croatian:
индекс преламања
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Spanish:
índice de refracción
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Swedish:
brytningsindex
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Telugu:
వక్రీభవన గుణకము
(vakrībhavana guṇakamu)
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
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Vietnamese:
chiết suất
— ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium
