Refractive index

Esquema

Getty AAT: Processes and techniques by specific type

Jerarquía

analysis and testing techniques

Descripción

Refers to the measurement of a material’s ability to deflect light, and is the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in the material.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300379659

Otros términos

  • RI [en]
  • index, refractive [en]
  • index of refraction [en]