Minimum Deviation

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Minimum Deviation

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The least total refraction experienced by radiation passing through a prismatic refractive medium. </dd>
It is important to note that the refractive deviation is minimal, in general, only with respect to adjacent light paths, for there may exist a number of path directions through a single object, each one of which yields a local minimum deviation. When radiation has undergone minimum deviation, the angular difference in path directions before and after total refraction is termed the angle of minimum deviation. [[/a>|/a> ]]

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This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use