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The bending of light rays is called diffraction. It happens because light actually moves at different speeds in different substances. When light strikes a border between two substances (such as air and the glass of a contact lens) at angle, the edges of the wave-front reach the new substance at different times. Thus the different sides of the light ray change speeds at different times and the light ray bends.

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Q: What is the behavior of light that causes msgnifying glasses and contact lenses to bend light rays?
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