Total-internal-reflection
noun
1.
Optics. total reflection.
total reflection
noun, Optics.
1.
the effect that occurs when light meets the interface between the medium in which it is traveling and a medium of smaller refractive index at an angle of incidence greater than the critical angle, all light being reflected back to the first medium.
total internal reflection
noun
1.
(physics) the complete reflection of a light ray at the boundary of two media, when the ray is in the medium with greater refractive index
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