What is a radiating or reflecting light?

Answer 1

Reflection is the change in the direction of propagation of a wave that strikes a boundary between different media through which it cannot pass.

When a wave strikes such a boundary it bounces back, or is reflected, just as a ball bounces off the floor. The angle of incidence is the angle between the path of the wave and a line perpendicular to the boundary. The angle of reflection is the angle between the same line and the path of the reflected wave. All reflected waves obey the law of reflection, which states that the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence. The reflectivity of a material is the fraction of energy of the oncoming wave that is reflected by it.

Answer 2

Oh, dude, a radiating light is like when light beams out from a source, spreading in all directions, you know, like the sun or a light bulb. Reflecting light is when light bounces off a surface, like a mirror or a shiny disco ball. So, yeah, radiating is like the light's doing its own thing, and reflecting is like the light's bouncing back at ya.

Answer 3

Light has a source (light bulb, sun, etc).

Materials will either absorb the light, or different wavelengths of the light, or they will reflect the light, or different wavelengths.

Mirrors and Glossy Colors tend to reflect the light straight back. Flat colors tend to scatter the light.

Every object that you see in the room is because it is reflecting light.

A green object absorbs all wavelengths of light except for green which it reflects back. The same for red reflecting back the red light.

Mixing paints is a little more complicated as one is typically mixing the ability to absorb light rather than reflecting light.

Answer 4

Reflected light on a smooth surface is called specular or regular reflection. The incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal to the reflection surface at a point of the incidence lie in the same plane.Ê

Answer 5

reflected light is light that once having hit an object, instead of going through, bounces back.

Answer 6

Light reflection occurs when light strikes a source and the rays bounce back off the surface of the source. An object must reflect light in order to be seen.

Answer 7

Surfaces that are smooth compared to the wavelength of light will be effective mirrors. And similarly for sound.

Answer 8

A shining or polished surface changes the direction of light. This change in direction is called reflection of light.

Answer 9

When an object is radiating light, it means that the object produces light.

When an object is reflecting light, it means that light "bounces off" the surface of that object.

Answer 10

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