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What is refraction of light?

Define refraction of light.

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Refraction of light is the change in direction of a light wave when its speed changes, normally observed when the wave moves from one medium to another.
What Is Refraction
Refraction is the bending of a wave when it enters a medium where it's speed is different. The refraction of light when it passes from a fast medium to a slow medium bends the light ray toward the normal to the boundary between the two media. The amount of bending depends on the indices of refraction of the two media and is described quantitatively by Snell's Law.
Refraction is the change in direction of a wave due to a change in its speed. This is most commonly observed when a wave passes from one medium to another at any angle other than 90° or 0°. Refraction of light is the most commonly observed phenomenon, but any type of wave can refract when it interacts with a medium, for example when sound waves pass from one medium into another or when water waves move into water of a different depth.
When light travels from one medium to another it's speed changes which results in it's bending. this bending phenomena of light is called refraction.

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