refractive index

English

Noun

refractive index (plural refractive indices)

1. (physics) The ratio of the speed of light in air or vacuum to that in another medium.

Translations

ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to another medium

• Chinese: 折射率 (zh) (zhéshèlǜ)
• Danish: brydningsindeks n
• Dutch: brekingsindex (nl) m
• Finnish: taitekerroin (fi)
• French: indice de réfraction m
• Georgian: გარდატეხის მაჩვენებელი (gardaṭexis mačvenebeli)
• German: Brechzahl (de) f, Brechungsindex (de) m
• Japanese: 屈折率 (ja) (kussetsuritsu)
• Maori: taupū hakoko
• Polish: współczynnik załamania (pl) m
• Romanian: indice de refracție (ro) m
• Scottish Gaelic: ìre de sholas-bhriseadh f
• Serbo-Croatian: indeks prelamanja m, индекс преламања m
• Spanish: índice de refracción m
• Swedish: brytningsindex (sv) n
• Telugu: వక్రీభవన గుణకము (te) (vakrībhavana guṇakamu)
• Vietnamese: chiết suất (vi)