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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=physics">physics</a>, <b>total internal reflection</b> (<b>TIR</b>) is the phenomenon in which <a href="page.php?w=wave">wave</a>s arriving at the <a href="page.php?w=interface_%28matter%29">interface</a> (boundary) from one <a href="page.php?w=Transmission_medium">medium</a> to another (e.g., from water to air) are not <a href="page.php?w=refraction">refracted</a> into the second ("external") medium, but completely <a href="page.php?w=reflection_%28physics%29">reflected</a> back into the first ("internal") medium. It occurs</p><p>
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