what is the difference between lateral displacement and lateral shift?

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Dear student,

when a ray of light passes through a glass slab of certain thickness, the ray gets displaced or shifted from the original path. This is call lateral shift/displacement.

Both are same thing

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what is the difference between lateral displacement and lateral shift?​

Dear student, when a ray of light passes through a glass slab of certain thickness, the ray gets displaced or shifted from the original path. This is call lateral shift/displacement. Both are same thing Regards

what is the difference between lateral displacement and lateral shift?

Dear student,

when a ray of light passes through a glass slab of certain thickness, the ray gets displaced or shifted from the original path. This is call lateral shift/displacement.

Both are same thing

Regards