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Are eyeglasses made with "high index of refraction"

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Are eyeglasses made with “high index of refraction” materials thin or thick?

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Are eyeglasses made with “high index of refraction” materials thin or thick?

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The refractive index of a medium reveals how many times slower light travels there in a medium than it does in a vacuum.

That is to say, refractive index  for a certain medium represents ratio of speed of light in vacuum  and speed of light in a given medium :

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