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light ray

NOUN
shaft
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He developed his theory of mechanics by comparing the path of a light ray with the path followed by a moving particle.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

As before, the angles are measured relative to a perpendicular to the surface at the point where the light ray crosses it.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Show that a light ray reflected from a mirror changes direction by 2θ when the mirror is rotated by an angle θ .

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Which of the paths more accurately represents how a light ray would travel from point A to point B?

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The light ray moving before them, two dark forms stole across the room to the safe.

From The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)




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