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Meaning of total internal reflection | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A phenomenon where light, instead of passing into a medium of a lower refractive index and refracting away from the normal, is completely reflected by the boundary between the two media because it approaches at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle.
    uncountable
  2. An instance of this phenomenon.
    countable

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C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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