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Dispersion of White Light by Glass Prism

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The splitting of ordinary light into its seven constituent colours is called .

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reflection

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diffraction

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refraction

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dispersion

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Solution

The correct option is D dispersion
The splitting of ordinary light into its constituent colours, when passed from one transparent medium to another, is called dispersion.

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