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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Reflected, Refracted and Radiated

There are three main ways that light gets from it source to your eyeball. All of them illustrated in this one photo.


     reflect |rəˈflekt       verbwith obj. ] (of a surface or body) throw back (heat, light, or sound) without absorbing it: when the sun's rays hit the Moon a lot of the Light is reflected back towards Earth. | (as adj. reflected:  his eyes gleamed in the reflected light.refract |rəˈfrakt       verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be refracted(of waterairor glass) make (a ray of light) change direction when it enters at an angle: the rays of light are refracted into its various colors by the material of the lens.radiateverb |ˈrādēˌāt|with obj. ] emit (energy, especially light or heat) in the form of rays or waves: the streetlight radiate the area with light.

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