Definition of Total internal reflection

1. Noun. (optics uncountable) A phenomenon where light, instead of passing into a medium of a lower refractive index and refracting away from the normal, is completely reflected by the boundary between the two media because it approaches at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle. ¹

2. Noun. An instance of this phenomenon. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Total Internal Reflection

total darkness
total depravity
total dissolved solids
total eclipse
total elasticity of muscle
total end-diastolic diameter
total end-systolic diameter
total energy
total facial index
total fertility rate
total football
total haematuria
total heat
total hyperopia
total hysterectomy
total internal reflection (current term)
total internal reflections
total internal reflexion
total internal reflexions
total iron binding capacity
total joint arthroplasty
total keratoplasty
total knee joint replacement
total loss
total lung capacity
total mastectomy
total necrosis
total or partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections
total order
total ordering relation

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