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Light
Light Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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absorption | in optics, the transfer of light energy to particles of matter |
reflection | the bounding back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not go through |
refraction | the bending of a wave front as the wave front passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs |
electromagnetic spectrum | all of the frequencies or wavelength |
infrared | electromagnetic wavelengths immediately outside the red end of the visible spectrum |
ultraviolet | electromagnetic wave frequencies immediately above the visible eye |
scattering | an interaction of light with matter that causes light to change direction |