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Refraction

Physics; General physics

The bending of light from its straight line path when it travels from one medium to another.

Refractive index

Physics; General physics

The ratio of speed of light in vacuum to that in the medium.

Relative density

Physics; General physics

The ratio of density of a substance to the density of water at 4 .

Relative humidity

Physics; General physics

The percentage of the amount of water vapour actually present in a certain volume of the air to the amount of water vapour needed to saturate it.

Resolving power

Physics; General physics

A quantitative measure of the ability of an optical instrument to produce separable images of different points of an object.

Resonance

Physics; General physics

When the frequency of an external force matches the natural frequency of the body then the body oscillates with large amplitude.

Restoring force

Physics; General physics

The force which tends to bring an oscillating body towards its mean position whenever it is displaced from the mean position.

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