• a1tsca13@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    And in optics, the “real” portion of a material’s refractive index represents scattered light and the “imaginary” part represents absorbed light.

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      Well, it applies to all EM-waves, not just radio or optical frequency waves. It also applies to acoustic waves.