total internal reflection
Britishnoun
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The same phenomenon of “broken” total internal reflection, but with light rays instead of water waves, is used in certain types of touch screen displays.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2023
This is analogous to so-called total internal reflection of light rays.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2023
Suppose you are using total internal reflection to make an efficient corner reflector.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
At what minimum angle will you get total internal reflection of light traveling in water and reflected from ice?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
I will place my lenses there at the chink through which you were gazing and bring the image down into my camera obscura by a prism arranged for total internal reflection.
From The Darrow Enigma by Severy, Melvin Linwood
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