Key term for AQA GCSE Physics, used in Electromagnetic Waves.
A numerical value indicating how much a medium slows down light compared to a vacuum; a higher refractive index means the material is more optically dense.
Refractive index appears in AQA GCSE Physics revision content for Waves, especially Electromagnetic Waves and Properties of electromagnetic waves 1.
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