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What is the difference between waves bending due to refraction and diffraction?
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∙ 12y ago
Refraction is the bending of light when it passes from one medium to another medium (like from air to glass). The basis for refraction is the speed of light is slightly different in the two mediums. Diffraction is the bending of light that occurs around a sharp edge (like light passing thru a slit). The basis for diffraction is the spreading out of the wave as it passes by the sharp edge.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoOne difference between reflection and refraction is direction. Reflection bounces the wave back towards the source while refraction deflects the wave away.
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∙ 12y agoDiffraction is the change in the path, speed and wavelength of a wave when it passes from one medium to another.
Refraction is bending of light.
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What is the bending of wavefront as the wavefront passes between two substances?
"Refraction," from butters on the butter team.
What is the difference between rarefaction and refraction?
Refraction occurs when a wave crosses a boundary from one medium to another. A wave entering a medium at an angle will change direction.Diffraction refers to the "bending of waves around an edge" of an object. Diffraction depends on the size of the object relative to the wavelength of the wave.bestfahadali@yahoo.com
What is the difference from reflection and refraction?
REFLECTION: 1It is the phenomena in which a ray of light after striking a surface retuns back to the same medium. 2.reflection is carried out by the help of mirrors such as concave and convex mirrors. REFRACTION: 1.when a ray of light travels from one medium to another medium its speed changes and this change in speed causes refraction of light. 2.it is caused by lenses such as concace and convex lenses.
The bending of a wave that results from the interaction between a wave and the edge of an object?
diffraction(:
What is the difference between diffraction and dispersion?
Diffraction = The amount of light passing through a photographic lens being adjusted by a diaphragm. Dispersion = The splitting of light of different colors due to the different indices of refraction at different wavelengths when the light enters a lens or prism.
What is the bending of wavefront as the wavefront passes between two substances?
"Refraction," from butters on the butter team.
What is the difference between rarefaction and refraction?
Refraction occurs when a wave crosses a boundary from one medium to another. A wave entering a medium at an angle will change direction.Diffraction refers to the "bending of waves around an edge" of an object. Diffraction depends on the size of the object relative to the wavelength of the wave.bestfahadali@yahoo.com
What is light that is bent when it passes through an object called?
reFRACtion There isn't a good nmeonic or the like to remember the difference between refraction, reflection and diffraction. You just have to learn it.
What is the difference between refraction and transmission?
the difference is transmission occur in same medium,but refraction occurs whn 2 medias are there,its actually bending of light at interface of 2 medias
What is the bending of a wave at the boundry between two media called?
Refraction
What is the difference from reflection and refraction?
REFLECTION: 1It is the phenomena in which a ray of light after striking a surface retuns back to the same medium. 2.reflection is carried out by the help of mirrors such as concave and convex mirrors. REFRACTION: 1.when a ray of light travels from one medium to another medium its speed changes and this change in speed causes refraction of light. 2.it is caused by lenses such as concace and convex lenses.
Is there no difference between diffraction and interference?
INTERFERENCE IS THE MODIFICATION IN THE DISRIBUTION OF LIGHT DUE TO THE SUPERPOSITION OF TWO OR MORE LIGHT WAVES DIFFRACTION IS THE BENDING OF LIGHT WAVES ACROSS THE EDGES OF AN OBSTACLE AND THEIR ENCROACHMENT INTO THEIR GEOMETRICAL SHADOW
The bending of a wave that results from the interaction between a wave and the edge of an object?
diffraction(:
Difference between refracting and reflecting?
Reflection is bouncing back of light after falling on a polished surface while refraction is bending of light when it falls on a surface
What is the difference between diffraction and dispersion?
Diffraction = The amount of light passing through a photographic lens being adjusted by a diaphragm. Dispersion = The splitting of light of different colors due to the different indices of refraction at different wavelengths when the light enters a lens or prism.
What is the bending of a wavefront as the wavefront passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs?
refraction
Difference between unsymmetrical and symmetrical bending?
unsymmetrical bending
