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total internal reflection
Physics; General physics
Condition where all light is reflected back from a boundary between materials; occurs when light travels from denser to rarer medium and angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle.
transverse wave
Physics; General physics
A wave in which the particles of the medium oscillate in a direction perpendicular of the direction of propagation of wave.
uniform circular motion
Physics; General physics
The motion of an object in a circular path with uniform speed.
unpolarized light
Physics; General physics
Light consisting of transverse waves vibrating in all possible random directions.
