total internal reflexion

A form of total internal reflection — 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.

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Meanings

nountotal internal reflexion (usually uncountable, plural total internal reflexions)

plural total internal reflexions

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of total internal reflection.
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