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  2. Diffuse reflection - Wikipedia

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    For simplicity, "reflections" are spoken of here, but more generally the interface between the small particles that constitute many materials is irregular on a scale comparable with light wavelength, so diffuse light is generated at each interface, rather than a single reflected ray, but the story can be told the same way.

  3. Reflection (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Reflection of light is either specular (mirror-like) or diffuse (retaining the energy, but losing the image) depending on the nature of the interface.In specular reflection the phase of the reflected waves depends on the choice of the origin of coordinates, but the relative phase between s and p (TE and TM) polarizations is fixed by the properties of the media and of the interface between them.

  4. Corpuscular theory of light - Wikipedia

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    In part correct, [2] being able to successfully explain refraction, reflection, rectilinear propagation and to a lesser extent diffraction, the theory would fall out of favor in the early nineteenth century, as the wave theory of light amassed new experimental evidence.

  5. Optical phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    Diffraction of light through the eyelashes; Haidinger's brush; Monocular diplopia (or polyplopia) from reflections at boundaries between the various ocular media; Phosphenes from stimulation other than by light (e.g., mechanical, electrical) of the rod cells and cones of the eye or of other neurons of the visual system; Purkinje images.

  6. Specular reflection - Wikipedia

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    Specular reflection, or regular reflection, is the mirror-like reflection of waves, such as light, from a surface. [ 1 ] The law of reflection states that a reflected ray of light emerges from the reflecting surface at the same angle to the surface normal as the incident ray, but on the opposing side of the surface normal in the plane formed by ...

  7. Transparency and translucency - Wikipedia

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    Diffuse reflection is typically characterized by omni-directional reflection angles. Most of the objects visible to the naked eye are identified via diffuse reflection. Another term commonly used for this type of reflection is "light scattering". Light scattering from the surfaces of objects is our primary mechanism of physical observation. [3] [4]

  8. Light - Wikipedia

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    Beam of sun light inside the cavity of Rocca ill'Abissu at Fondachelli-Fantina, Sicily. The speed of light in vacuum is defined to be exactly 299 792 458 m/s (approximately 186,282 miles per second). The fixed value of the speed of light in SI units results from the fact that the metre is now defined in terms of the speed of light.

  9. Reflection - Wikipedia

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    Reflection (physics), a common wave phenomenon Specular reflection, reflection from a smooth surface . Mirror image, a reflection in a mirror or in water; Retroreflection, technology for returning light in the direction from which it came