Usually means: Measure of light bending ability.
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  1. index of refraction: Merriam-Webster
  2. index of refraction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. index of refraction: Collins English Dictionary
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  11. index of refraction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. index of refraction: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. index of refraction: Encyclopedia
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  1. index of refraction: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Index of refraction: Medical dictionary

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  1. Index of Refraction: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from WordNet (index of refraction)

noun:  the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium

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