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प्रश्न
What do you understand by the deviation produced by a prism?
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उत्तर
When a ray of light passes through a prism, it bends towards the base of the prism. Thus, the path of the emergent ray differs from the path of the incident ray. This is called the deviation produced by a prism.
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