Physics, asked by SABSTA, 1 year ago

Explain the term 'absolute refractive index of a medium'.

Answers

Answered by LOVVROY1

4

HELLO

YOIR ANSWER IS

a number indicating the speed of light in a given medium as either the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to that in the given medium (absolute index of refraction) or the ratio of the speed of light in a specified medium to that in the given medium (relativeindex of refraction) Symbol: n. Expand.

Answered by Alex4532

3

"IT is the ratio of velocity of light in vacuum to the velocity of light in that medium"

Previous Question

Next Question

Similar questions

Science, 6 months ago

Answer the following: 1. The length of cloth is 250metre. Express it into cm and mm. 2. I have to run 5000metres daily for practice. Convert it into kilometres. 3. What are the important steps you have to follow while taking measurements? Ariate Window...

English, 6 months ago

Write the Antonyms of the following words: i) Usual: ii) Greatest: iii) Beautiful ACTIVITY3...

Science, 6 months ago

State any two characteristics of an ideal fuel.

Chemistry, 1 year ago

A student drop few pieces of marble in dilute Hcl , contain in a test tube the revolved gas was then passed through lime water. What change would be observed in lime water ?

Math, 1 year ago

If x = p sec θ + q tan θ & y = p tan θ + q sec θ then prove that x² –y² = p² – q².

Political Science, 1 year ago

Why elections are needed in a democracy?

Physics, 1 year ago

Name the bigest source of energy ?what can you get from the nuclie of atoms?

Social Sciences, 1 year ago

If the Himalayas would have not been in its present position how would be the climatic condity of the Indian sub continent?