total internal reflection angle

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• Total internal reflection — The larger the angle to the normal, the smaller is the fraction of light transmitted, until the angle when total internal reflection (blue line) occurs. (The color of the rays is to help distinguish the rays, and is not meant to indicate any… …   Wikipedia

• total internal reflection — Optics. See total reflection. * * * Complete reflection of a ray of light in a medium such as water or glass, from the surrounding surfaces back into the medium. It occurs when the angle of incidence is greater than a certain limiting angle,… …   Universalium

• total internal reflection — noun Physics the complete reflection of light (without refraction), occurring at an interface with a less dense medium when the angle of incidence exceeds the critical angle …   English new terms dictionary

• total internal reflection — noun the total reflection of a light ray which occurs when light from one medium strikes the surface of a medium of lower refractive index or optical density in excess of the critical angle …  

• Total external reflection — is an optical phenomenon where electromagnetic radiation (e.g. visible light) can, at certain angles, be totally reflected from an interface between two media of different indices of refraction (see Snell s law). Total internal reflection occurs… …   Wikipedia

• Reflection (physics) — Reflection is the change in direction of a wave front at an between two different media so that the wave front returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves. Law of… …   Wikipedia

• Angle of incidence — is a measure of deviation of something from straight on , for example: in the approach of a ray to a surface, or the angle at which the wing or horizontal tail of an airplane is installed on the fuselage, measured relative to the axis of the… …   Wikipedia

• reflection — reflectional, adj. reflectionless, adj. /ri flek sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected. 2. an image; representation; counterpart. 3. a fixing of the thoughts on something; careful consideration. 4. a thought… …   Universalium

• total reflection — noun : specular reflection in the more highly refractive of two media at their interface when the angle of incidence exceeds a certain critical value compare critical angle * * * Optics. the effect that occurs when light meets the interface… …   Useful english dictionary

• total — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 complete, comprising the whole (the total number of people). 2 absolute, unqualified (in total ignorance; total abstinence). n. a total number or amount. v. (totalled, totalling; US totaled, totaling) 1 tr. a amount in… …   Useful english dictionary

• total reflection — Optics. the effect that occurs when light meets the interface between the medium in which it is traveling and a medium of smaller refractive index at an angle of incidence greater than the critical angle, all light being reflected back to the… …   Universalium