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If you put a straw into a glass of water, the straw looks to be bent, although nothing has really happened to the straw. The term that describes this property of light is

If you put a straw into a glass of water, the straw looks to be bent, although nothing has really happened to the straw. The term that describes this property of light is
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If you put a straw into a glass of water, the straw looks to be bent, although nothing has really happened to the straw. The term that describes this property of light is

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Because it is refracting

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The property of light describing this scenario is refraction.
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