total internal reflection
Britishnoun
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This is analogous to so-called total internal reflection of light rays.
From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2023
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
Fiber optics involves the transmission of light down fibers of plastic or glass, applying the principle of total internal reflection.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Different combinations of materials have different critical angles, but any combination with n1 > n2 can produce total internal reflection.
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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