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Define :angle of emergence


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The angle of emergence:

  1. The angle of emergence is the angle of the light ray coming out of a medium perpendicular to the surface at the point of emergence.
  2. The angle of emergence is the angle at which light emerges from a medium (for example a glass slab with parallel sides like a prism).
  3. The first medium is air, the middle medium is a parallel-sided glass slab and the final medium is air
  4. In the below diagram, The angle between the emergent ray (FS) and the normal line (M) is called the angle of emergence e


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