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refractive index
ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to that in the medium
Details
- Subclass of
- physical quantity, dimensionless quantity, index number
- described by source
- ISO 80000-7:2008 Quantities and units—Part 7: Light, ISO 80000-7:2019 Quantities and units — Part 7: Light and radiation, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
- different from
- complex refractive index
- quantity symbol (string)
- n
- recommended unit of measurement
- 1
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