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angle of refraction
the angle that a refracted beam of radiation makes with the normal to the surface between two media at the point of refraction -
critical angle
the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index -
curvature of field
a monochromatic aberration of a lens or other optical system in which the focal surface is curved, the refracted image of an object oriented perpendicular to the axis of the lens lying on a curved surface rather than in a plane perpendicular to the axis. -
dioptric
Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images. -
double refraction
the separation of a ray of light into two unequally refracted, plane-polarized rays of orthogonal polarizations, occurring in crystals in which the velocity of light rays is not the same in all directions. -
extraordinary ray
the plane-polarized ray of light that does not obey the laws of refraction in a doubly refracting crystal