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- The speed of light depends on the medium it is traveling in. The speed of light will be slower in an optically dense medium.
- When light moves from one medium to another due to the change in speed the path of the light will change. This is known as refraction.
- The amount of refraction also depends on the wavelength. Thus the light of different wavelengths will be refracted differently.
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