Splitting white light
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prism
A piece of glass that separates white light into colours of the spectrum.
rainbow
An arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain.
refraction
Bending of light.
spectrum
The coloured band produced when white light goes through a prism.
dispersion
The effect when white light passes through a prism and the different colours in it are bent by different amounts.
