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WHAT DOES TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Total internal reflection

Total internal reflection is a phenomenon that happens when a propagating wave strikes a medium boundary at an angle larger than a particular critical angle with respect to the normal to the surface. If the refractive index is lower on the other side of the boundary and the incident angle is greater than the critical angle, the wave cannot pass through and is entirely reflected. The critical angle is the angle of incidence above which the total internal reflectance occurs. This is particularly common as an optical phenomenon, where light waves are involved, but it occurs with many types of waves, such as electromagnetic waves in general or sound waves. When a wave crosses a boundary between different materials with different kinds of refractive indices, the wave will be partially refracted at the boundary surface, and partially reflected. However, if the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle – the angle of incidence at which light is refracted such that it travels along the boundary – then the wave will not cross the boundary and instead be totally reflected back internally.

Definition of total internal reflection in the English dictionary

The definition of total internal reflection in the dictionary is 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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Synonyms and antonyms of total internal reflection in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «total internal reflection» into 25 languages

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The translations of total internal reflection from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «total internal reflection» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

全内反射
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reflexión interna total
570 millions of speakers

English

total internal reflection
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुल आंतरिक प्रतिबिंब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانعكاس الكلي الداخلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полное внутреннее отражение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reflexão interna total
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্ণ অভ্যন্তরীণ প্রতিফলন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la réflexion interne totale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jumlah pantulan dalaman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Totalreflexion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

全反射
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전반사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Total refleksi internal
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sự phản xạ nội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மொத்த உள்நாட்டு பிரதிபலிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकूण अंतर्गत प्रतिबिंब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Toplam iç yansıma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

riflessione interna totale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

całkowite odbicie wewnętrzne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повне внутрішнє віддзеркалення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reflecție internă totală
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ολική εσωτερική ανάκλαση
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

totale interne weerkaatsing
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

total intern reflektion
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

total intern refleksjon
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION»

Discover the use of total internal reflection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to total internal reflection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Applications of Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence ...
Applications of TIRFM for quantitative measurements of cells are limited due to high background fluorescence which can result in a low S/N ratio and therefore contribute to inaccuracy of measurements.
Samrane K. Phimphivong, 2008
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Internal Reflection and ATR Spectroscopy
Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) Spectroscopy is now the most frequently used sampling technique for infrared spectroscopy. This book fully explains the theory and practice of this method.
Milan Milosevic, 2012
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GUIDING LIGHT BY AND BEYOND THE TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION ...
... on the total-internal-reflection principles. However, more advanced structures, which utilize the anti-resonance-reflection, the leaky-defect-resonance (more popularly known also as the modified-total-internal-reflection; see our comments in ...
Henri Putra Uranus, 2005
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Competition Science Vision
Total Internal Reflection In case of refraction of light, from Snell's law, we have sin / = ---0) If light is passing from denser to rarer medium through a plane boundary, then n1 = JID and n2 = HR: s° with (-,a equation (1) reduces to . . MR . . . . sin r ...
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Internal Reflection Spectroscopy: Theory and Applications
an evanescent field in a lower index of refraction medium in contact with a higher index of refraction medium in which a propagating wave of radiation undergoes total internal reflection. However, the use of this phenomenon for the production ...
Francis M. Mirabella, 1992
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Proteins at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
A measurement technique based on ellipsometry performed under conditions of total internal reflection is presented here. This technique is calledtotal internal reflection ellipsometry (TIRE). When extendedwith the surface plasmon resonance ...
Philippe Déjardin, 2006
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Cracking the SAT Physics Subject Test
Total internal reflection occurs when: 1) n, > H2 and 2) 6^> 0c, where 0c = sirr'^/n, ) Notice that total internal reflection cannot occur if n, < nr If H, > n2, then total internal reflection is a possibility; it will occur if the angle of incidence is large ...
Steven A. Leduc, Princeton Review (Firm), 2005
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Evanescent Waves: From Newtonian Optics to Atomic Optics
Whereas the Goos Hanchen shift can be measured without having to perturb total internal reflection, a more complete understanding of evanescent waves is likely to require measurements that might modify the system where these waves ...
Frederique de Fornel, 2001
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Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition
Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR): this is the oldest and most commonly ridges are in optical contact with the prism surface, but the valleys remain at a certain distance (see Figure 2.6). The left side of the prism is typically illuminated  ...
Davide Maltoni, Dario Maio, Anil K. Jain, 2009
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Fundamentals of Optics
Rarer Denser Medium (Air) Figure 10.4 Total internal reflection. At a particular angle i.e., Z.(f)c, the value of incidence angle is equal to critical angle i.e., Z; = Z.< pc and angle of refraction is 90° i.e., Z.r = 90°. Now applying Snell's law, or or Ma  ...
Singh Devraj

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION»

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The MouseWalker: monitoring movement behaviors and disorders
The hardware component of MouseWalker is based on an optical effect termed 'frustrated total internal reflection', or fTIR. This effect, first described by Isaac ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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Microsoft's new technology automatically disinfects touchscreens by …
The UV light then disinfects fingertips and immediate surrounding areas like the touchscreen. The whole process is called Frustrated Total Internal Reflection ... «New York Daily News, Apr 15»
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Microsoft patents self-cleaning UV light touchscreen
Microsoft plans to use UV light to disinfect touchscreens automatically, utilising total internal reflection to ensure that the user is not exposed to any UV light. «ITProPortal, Apr 15»
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Diamond cavity boosts magnetic-field detection
... prized by jewellers precisely because they have a high refractive index, which causes light to bounce around inside them by total internal reflection and makes ... «nanotechweb.org, Apr 15»
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Researchers develop 100Gbps light-based wireless network
Light is already used to transmit data across fibre optic networks at high speed. These work by guiding the light along optical fibres using total internal reflection, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
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Air waveguide is an optical fiber made out of thin air
This is essentially an attempt to create the same effect (total internal reflection) using nothing but air. The researchers use a high-powered laser split into multiple ... «Geek, Jul 14»
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Total Internal Reflection - Working Principle and Applications
Total internal reflection is the reflection of the incident light, which hits a medium boundary at an angle greater than the critical angle, relative to the surface. Total ... «AZoOptics.com, May 14»
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Apple Reveals New Multitouch with FTIR and Capacitive Sensing …
Apple states that their invention relates to detecting force and touch using what is called "frustrated total internal reflection" (FTIR) and capacitive location. FTIR is ... «Patently Apple, Apr 14»
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Viewpoint: A Waveguide Made of Hot Air
Light entering the fiber experiences total internal reflection and can thus be channeled over long distances (Fig. 1, top left). But conventional waveguides have ... «Physics, Feb 14»
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Hydrogel implants could be a fiber optic network for your body
This study made use of a flexible, bio-safe hydrogel that exhibits total internal ... fiber is clear, but tuned to produce a phenomenon called total internal reflection. «ExtremeTech, Oct 13»

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