Geometrical optics - spherical mirrors
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spherical mirror
made from glass that is a part of a sphere
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2 types of spherical mirror
concave and convex
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pole of the mirror
the centre
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centre of curvature of the mirror
the centre of the sphere from which the mirror is taken
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principal axis of the mirror
the line joining the pole with the centre of curvature of the mirror
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focus of the mirror
the point halfway between the centre of curvature and the pole of the mirror
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focal length
the distance from the pole to the focal point
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object distance
u is the distance of the object from the mirror
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image distance
v is the distance of the image from the mirror
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