What do you mean by refraction of light? In which direction will light bend when travelling from an optically rarer medium to an optically denser medium?

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The phenomenon in which light bends while passing from one medium to another is called refraction.
Light bends towards the normal when travelling from an optically rarer to an optically denser medium.

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