the process of separation of light into its component colour while it is passing through a medium is called
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Dispersion
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When white light is passed through a glass prism it splits into its spectrum of colours (in order violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red) and this process of white light splitting into its constituent colours is termed as dispersion.
In optics, dispersion is the phenomenon in which the phase velocity of a wave depends on its frequency. Media having this common property may be termed dispersive media. Sometimes the term chromatic dispersion is used for specificity.
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Dispersion
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When light passes through a prism light separates into its component colours because of dispersion
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