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schlieren photography
ratio
superlens
speed of light
quarter wave plate
electrooptic
refractometer
medium
isorefractive
opalescence
refractometry
constringence
total internal reflection
crown glass
specific
photorefraction
piezooptic
abbe refractometer
photorefractive
diaphanous
air
shadowgraph
schlieren
vacuum
indicatrix
Definitions:
Noun
refractive index
index of refraction
Definition: the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium
Definition: The ratio of the speed of light in air or vacuum to that in another medium.