What Do You Mean By Optically Denser Medium And Optically Rarer Medium?

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What do you mean by optically denser medium and optically rarer medium?

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When a ray of light travels from one transparent medium to another, the medium in which the speed of light is more is called optically rarer medium and the medium in which the speed of light is less is called optically denser medium.

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Q- A swimmer sees only hazy contours of objects when he opens his eyes under water, while they are distinct when using a mask. Why?

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Q- The image of an object formed by a convex is obtained on a screen. Will the full size of image be obtained if the lower half of the is made completely opaque?

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