Question
What is refraction of light?

Answer

  • The change in the direction of light, at the boundary separating the two media, when it passes from one transparent medium to another obliquely, is called refraction of light.
OR
  • Bending of light, at the boundary separating the two media, when it travels from one transparent medium to another obliquely, is called refraction of light.
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  • When a ray of light travels obliquely from one transparent medium to another, its speed changes.
  • Therefore at the boundary separating the two media, there occurs a change in its direction of propagation.
  • This phenomenon is called refraction of light.

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