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PRONUNCIATION OF ORDINARY RAY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORDINARY RAY

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Ordinary ray is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ORDINARY RAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ordinary ray

Birefringence

Birefringence is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light. These optically anisotropic materials are said to be birefringent. The birefringence is often quantified as the maximum difference between refractive indices exhibited by the material. Crystals with asymmetric crystal structures are often birefringent, as well as plastics under mechanical stress. Birefringence is responsible for the phenomenon of double refraction whereby a ray of light, when incident upon a birefringent material, is split by polarization into two rays taking slightly different paths. This effect was first described by the Danish scientist Rasmus Bartholin in 1669, who observed it in calcite, a crystal having one of the strongest birefringences. However it was not until the 19th century that Augustin-Jean Fresnel described the phenomenon in terms of polarization, understanding light as a wave with field components in transverse polarizations.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORDINARY RAY

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Ordinary level
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Ordinary National Diploma
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ORDINARY RAY

alpha ray
beta ray
canal ray
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death ray
delta ray
devil ray
eagle ray
electric ray
extraordinary ray
ground ray
manta ray
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starry ray
undulate ray

Synonyms and antonyms of ordinary ray in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ordinary ray» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

普通线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rayo ordinario
570 millions of speakers

English

ordinary ray
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साधारण रे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأشعة العادية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обыкновенный луч
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

raio ordinário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধারণ রে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rayon ordinaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ray biasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ordentlichen Strahl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

常光線
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일반 선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ray biasa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ray thông thường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாதாரண ரே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामान्य किरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sıradan ışın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

raggio ordinario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zwykły ray
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звичайний промінь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ray obișnuit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνηθισμένο ray
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gewone straal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ordinär stråle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vanlig ray
5 millions of speakers

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The term «ordinary ray» is used very little and occupies the 179.567 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORDINARY RAY»

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Optics
In order to determine the ordinary ray, with the point B as the center, we draw a sphere of radius c/n0. Similarly, we draw another sphere (of the same radius) from the point D. The common tangent plane to these spheres is shown as OO', ...
Ajoy Chatak, 2009
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Fundamentals Of Optical, Spectroscopic And X-Ray Mineralogy
At a given instant the wavefront of ordinary ray would be spherical, while that of extraordinary would be ellipsoidal (sections of it would be elliptical except along two planes whereon they are circular). If the velocity of ordinary ray is greater than ...
Sachinath Mitra, 1996
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Engineering Physics: Vol. 1
principal section of the ordinary ray (O-ray) is defined as a plane which contains the ordinary ray and the optic axis, whereas the principal plane of the extra- ordinary ray (£-ray) is a plane which contains the optic axis and the extraordinary ray.
S. K. Gupta
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Principles of physics, or Natural philosophy: designed for ...
The index of refraction for the ordinary ray remains constant, in whatever direction light passes through the crystal. The index of refraction for the extraordinary ray, when parallel to the axis, is the same as that of the ordinary ray , and differs ...
Benjamin Silliman, 1870
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Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering
In particular, the Canada balsam is high dense than the extraordinary ray and is less dense than the ordinary ray. Then, the extraordinary ray will be refracted into the balsam, whereas the ordinary ray will be totally reflected. The critical angle ...
Ronald G. Driggers, 2003
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The elements of physics
section of a crystal, and the two being similarly situated the incident ray s i gives rise to the emergent pencil o o, which is the ordinary ray refracted in the ordinary manner, and the emergent pencil E e, which is the extraordinary ray refracted in ...
Thomas Webster, 1837
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Engineering Physics
The former is referred to as the ordinary ray and the latter as the extraordinary ray . The velocity of the ordinary ray is the same in all directions whereas the velocity of the extraordinary ray is different in different directions; a substance which ...
P. Yadav, 2006
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Applied Science - I
If the light is incident perpendicular to the optic axis, the ray will not split up in to ordinary and extra ordinary ray. It shows that both the rays (E-ray and O-ray) travel in the same direction with different velocities. A beam of light PQ is incident on a ...
G. S. George, 2006
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Applied Physics
The direction of the ordinary ray will be obtained by joining the point A to the point of contact G of the tangent plane CG and the ordinary wavefront i.e. ordinary ray will be along AO, similarly the direction of the extraordinary ray will be obtained ...
Kshamata Muktavat, Arun. K. Upadhayaya, 2010
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Comprehensive Physics for Engineers
So, it is known as ordinary ray (O-ray). Other refracted ray is called extraordinary ray or E-ray which does not obey the Snell's 8,1“ I does not remain constant but varies with angle of incidence. $111 7' law i.e., for which When a calcite crystal or  ...
Narinder Kumar, 2005

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORDINARY RAY»

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Changing the State of Polarization using Retarders
Where d is the thickness of the plate, n0 represents the refractive index for the ordinary ray, and ne denotes the refractive index for the ... «AZoOptics.com, Apr 14»
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Why is ray tracing slow?
Just doing simple shadows generates one shadow ray per ordinary ray for each light in the scene, so if you have 10 lights, it'll be almost 10x ... «GameDev.net, Dec 12»

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