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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

The amount that a light ray changes its direction depends both on the incident angle and the amount that the speed changes.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Suppose light were incident from air onto a material that had a negative index of refraction, say –1.3; where does the refracted light ray go?

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

Mrs. Leonard told us about your light ray machine!”

From Signal in the Dark by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)




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