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Geometrical optics, or ray optics, is a model of optics that describes light propagation in terms of rays. The ray in geometrical optics is an abstraction useful for approximating the paths along which light propagates under certain circumstances.
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| Geometrical optics | is a | abstraction useful for approximating the paths along which light propagates under certain circumstances.The simplifying assumptions of geometrical optics include that light rays | 0.90 | text |
| diffraction | instance of | at the interface between two dissimilar mediafollow curved paths in a medium in which the refractive index changesmay be absorbed or reflected.Geometrical optics does not accoun… | 0.80 | text |
| interference | instance of | at the interface between two dissimilar mediafollow curved paths in a medium in which the refractive index changesmay be absorbed or reflected.Geometrical optics does not accoun… | 0.80 | text |
| which are considered in physical optics | instance of | at the interface between two dissimilar mediafollow curved paths in a medium in which the refractive index changesmay be absorbed or reflected.Geometrical optics does not accoun… | 0.80 | text |
| mirrors reflect light in a simple | instance of | ReflectionGlossy surfaces | 0.80 | text |
| predictable way | instance of | ReflectionGlossy surfaces | 0.80 | text |
| Geometrical optics | related to English translations of some early books and papers | Bruns | 0.60 | section |
| Geometrical optics | related to English translations of some early books and papers | Das Eikonal | 0.60 | section |
| Geometrical optics | related to English translations of some early books and papers | Malus | 0.60 | section |
| Geometrical optics | related to English translations of some early books and papers | Optique | 0.60 | section |
| Geometrical optics | related to English translations of some early books and papers | Plucker | 0.60 | section |
| Geometrical optics | related to English translations of some early books and papers | Discussion | 0.60 | section |
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