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Nope. That's reflection, where light waves bounce back. Refraction is where they bend, like through a lens.

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Example of dispersion of light in nature?

One example of dispersion of light in nature is a rainbow, where sunlight is separated into its component colors as it passes through water droplets in the air, creating a beautiful spectrum of colors. This dispersion is caused by the different wavelengths of light being refracted by different amounts as they pass through the water droplets.


What is a flat mirror called?

If the mirror is convex (bulges out, like a ball), objects in the mirror will appear smaller or further away, but the mirror will show a larger scene (called a wider field of view), including objects that a flat mirror would miss around the edges. If the mirror is concave (like the inside of a dish), it can magnify images or focus light onto a small spot. A large concave mirror can focus sunlight and produce a very hot spot.


What is the function of the mirror fork in the microscope?

The mirror in a microscope is used to reflect light onto the specimen being viewed. By adjusting the mirror, the angle and intensity of the light can be controlled, improving visibility and contrast in the specimen.


How do you deflect photons?

Photons can be deflected by interacting with materials that have different optical properties, such as reflecting off a mirror or being refracted by a lens. Additionally, photons can be absorbed and re-emitted in a different direction by certain materials, leading to deflection. Quantum mechanical effects can also play a role in photon deflection, such as the phenomenon of photon scattering.


What makes up a rainbow?

A rainbow is composed of sunlight hitting small particles of water in the air (often associated with rain, waterfalls, etc.) and being refracted and thus separated into its different wavelengths.

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What is the place at which rays of light meet or appear to meet after being reflected or refracted by a mirror or lens?

The point at which rays of light converge or appear to converge after being reflected or refracted by a mirror or lens is called the focal point.


What is happening to light when it is being reflected?

The light bends. Depending on whether it is a concave or convex mirror, the light is either being refracted or reflected


What is meaning of being?

Looking in the mirror and looking at yourself and just going like "Crap".


A typical mirror in a persons house is an example of what kind of mirror?

A typical mirror in a person's house is an example of a flat or plane mirror. These mirrors produce virtual images that appear upright and the same size as the object being reflected.


Is the mirror from Through the Looking Glass a galaxy filament?

No, it's a literary device. Or, if you insist on being literal, it's a looking-glass.


What is refrangibility?

Refrangibility is the quality of being, capable of being refracted.


As light passes from one substance to another it is?

Its being Refracted.


What forms a virtual image?

A virtual image is formed when light rays appear to diverge from a point behind a mirror or lens, after being reflected or refracted. The rays do not actually converge at the location of the image, but the brain perceives them as if they did. This creates the illusion of an image that is not real.


Can light rays converge?

Yes, light rays can converge when they pass through a converging lens or reflect off a concave mirror. In such cases, the light rays come together at a focal point after being refracted or reflected, forming a real image.


Can you start a sentence with being?

yes, for example. being this good looking i feel sorry for the ugly ones.


How do light rays reflect off a mirror?

By 'Atomic Scattering from the silvering, after being refracted through the glass. (refraction is caused by slowing due to PMD - the slight time delay of polarisation, which is different subject to frequency). EM energy polarises particles and they re-emitt the energy, at the reciprocal angle as long as the mirror is not moving. (if it is it proves school science wrong by doing the reciprocal with respect to the air or vacuum NOT the mirror).


Does a rainbow occur because sunlight is selectively absorbed by water in the raindrops or because it is refracted by water in the raindrops?

Rainbows are the result of sunlight being refracted by drops of water in the air.