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| optical law comparison table | |||||||
| Subject | is an instance of | has author | has discoverer | has domain | has validity | has date | has definition | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snell's law | optical law | or reasearch group | optics | correct or incorrect with caveats | or a range of dates for which the theory was active | For a refracted light beam, the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is a constant. (also called the Law of Refraction) | 
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