Snell's law

English

Etymology

For Willebrord van Roijen Snell, Dutch mathematician.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɛlz lɔ/

Noun

Snell's law (uncountable)

1. (optics) the law that, for a ray incident on the interface of two media, the sine of the angle of incidence times the index of the refraction of the first medium is equal to the sine of the angle of refraction times the index of refraction of the second medium

Synonyms

• Descartes law
• law of refraction
• Snell-Descartes law

Translations

law in optics

• French: loi de Snell-Descartes de la réfraction f
• Polish: prawo Snelliusa n, prawo Snella n