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REFRACTIVE INDEX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium
Synonyms:
index of refraction; refractive index
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("refractive index" is a kind of...):
ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))
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