Snell's law

formula deriving the angle of refraction of light between two mediums
rdfs:label
"Snell's law"@en
skos:altLabel
"Snell–Descartes law"@en
"law of refraction"@en
schema:description
"formula deriving the angle of refraction of light between two mediums"@en
schema:dateModified "2026-10-13T04:13:04+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime
schema:version 2556460199
wikibase:identifiers 20
wikibase:sitelinks 57
wikibase:statements 28
p:P10283 wd:statement/Q208391-D22FE1DF-A263-4EEE-9F06-5A6A00D6CC2E
p:P10376 wd:statement/Q208391-b3fe0978-4712-03af-4712-0650079340e1
wd:statement/Q208391-d3c6729a-43a9-9ee1-52a1-0ac62879dc34
wd:statement/Q208391-e5b3cbe5-460f-8c90-56a2-8a939d694efd
wd:statement/Q208391-f66ea063-4b5d-cc54-f820-1a9db7baed7e
p:P1051 wd:statement/Q208391-2993ED6C-439D-4688-9617-D8A87FD8D9D3
p:P138 wd:statement/Q208391-759fc71b-4c6f-46dc-aebe-817d2193f48d
p:P1417 wd:statement/Q208391-0474DC0C-F1D3-426D-81BC-E3E22661E35A
p:P18 wd:statement/Q208391-84C6105D-3E29-4C3C-9A5E-EB936BDC57CE
wd:statement/Q208391-a36157a5-416d-a712-89e4-e6ed33fa71d0
p:P2534 wd:statement/Q208391-C7529101-E5BC-49DB-83BF-80CF1451B856
p:P279 wd:statement/Q208391-24c6d705-48cf-5320-2803-6f8f6832adfb
p:P2924 wd:statement/Q208391-BFA82CE5-D0C3-4432-8A5D-97724A0C2692
p:P3417 wd:statement/Q208391-5E6DAA74-FDF4-4820-9E17-5E5497B15C88
p:P3471 wd:statement/Q208391-2A7E55DA-1394-4062-83DB-0441267C0562
p:P373 wd:statement/Q208391-b631a823-2ab8-4f10-a2b6-65a95e43c95e
p:P4342 wd:statement/Q208391-78ACB6EE-BF7D-448E-BAAC-10DD67BB4808
p:P4746 wd:statement/Q208391-4B302372-54DB-48AD-8912-8FCD34866473
p:P4839 wd:statement/Q208391-6360F137-D77A-47DE-89E5-B0A534DF5128
p:P5064 wd:statement/Q208391-7ade670b-47ce-c907-3ea1-18e27764f118
p:P6058 wd:statement/Q208391-b2406d02-4dbf-692e-2cf0-973b726f9adf
p:P6104 wd:statement/Q208391-C3837DD8-E730-4251-90FF-B6D0CBD08F18
p:P6366 wd:statement/Q208391-58047FA4-4F7B-4AEF-9280-E2B1E6FBD6DF
p:P646 wd:statement/Q208391-3316D456-6352-44AC-9A3A-6C85382DCE1C
p:P6564 wd:statement/Q208391-d44db3d4-4759-79ad-14bb-ff3212932378
p:P6781 wd:statement/Q208391-11107b4d-4848-7714-5d3d-6f2be3182760
p:P8313 wd:statement/Q208391-8F179FB3-F5FB-486D-B955-91C9673A2425
p:P921 wd:statement/Q208391-a0d71171-432e-3275-813a-8465e5fcc0eb
p:direct-normalized/P6366 <https://makg.org/entity/90081545>
wdt:P10283 "C90081545"
wdt:P10376 "earth-and-planetary-sciences/snells-law"
"engineering/snells-law"
"mathematics/snells-law-of-refraction"
"physics-and-astronomy/snells-law"
wdt:P1051 "3446"
wdt:P138 Willebrord Snellius
wdt:P1417 "science/Snells-law"
wdt:P18 <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F%C3%A9nyt%C3%B6r%C3%A9s.jpg>
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Snells%20law%20wavefronts.gif>
wdt:P2534 "<math class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mfrac><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mi>sin</mi><mo>&#x2061;</mo><msub><mi>&#x03B8;</mi><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></mrow><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mi>sin</mi><mo>&#x2061;</mo><msub><mi>&#x03B8;</mi><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></mrow></mfrac></mrow><mo stretchy="false">=</mo><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mfrac><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><msub><mi>v</mi><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></mrow><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><msub><mi>v</mi><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></mfrac></mrow><mo stretchy="false">=</mo><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mfrac><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><msub><mi>&#x03BB;</mi><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></mrow><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><msub><mi>&#x03BB;</mi><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></mfrac></mrow><mo stretchy="false">=</mo><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mfrac><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><msub><mi>n</mi><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></mrow><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><msub><mi>n</mi><mrow data-mjx-texclass="ORD"><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></mfrac></mrow></mstyle></mrow></math>"^^http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML
wdt:P279 scientific law
wdt:P2924 "3588190"
wdt:P3417 "Snells-Law"
wdt:P3471 "49071"
wdt:P373 "Snell's law"
wdt:P4342 "Snells_lov"
wdt:P4746 "136777"
wdt:P4839 "Entity["PhysicalEffect", "SnellsLaw"]"
wdt:P5064 "SnellsLaw"
wdt:P6058 "images/Lois_de_Descartes/1003505"
wdt:P6104 WikiProject Mathematics
wdt:P6366 "90081545"
wdt:P646 "/m/0bsz1"
wdt:P6564 "snells-law"
wdt:P6781 "Snell-Descartes_Law"
wdt:P8313 "Snells_lov"
wdt:P921 refractive index
Download as:
TurtleJSON-LDRDF/XML
data from SPARQL profile: Wikidata