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Is light a ray or a wave ?

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Light has dual nature , it is considered as a particle nature and as well as wave nature ….

Some phenomenon of light is explained by its particle nature ,e.g reflection, refraction and some by its wave nature, e.g diffraction, polarization etc…

It is usually written in books that light has a particle nature because in daily life, we come across by its particle nature only,. Its wave nature can be seen experimentally e.g Young's double slit experiment


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