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Snell's law

Syllabification: (Snell's law)
Pronunciation: /snelz/

Physics
Definition of Snell's law
  • a law stating that the ratio of the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction of a wave are constant when it passes between two given media.

Origin:

late 19th century: named after Willebrord Van Roijen Snell (1591–1626), Dutch mathematician

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