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Optical property  

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  • 1. Optical property of a material is defined as its interaction with electro-magnetic radiation in the visible. (https://archive.nptel.ac.in/content/storage2/courses/112108150/pdf/Web_Pages/WEBP_M17.pdf). 2. The optical properties of a material define how it interacts with light. The optical properties of matter are studied in optical physics (a subfield of optics) and applied in materials science. (Wikipedia)

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