Guinness World Records 2013 Honorees Include Tallest Cat, Tallest Dog And Tallest Donkey. This is a bittersweet time for Debby Maraspini. The 2013 edition of Guinness World Records just came out and her beloved cat, Savannah Islands Trouble -- Trouble for short -- is in the book as the tallest cat ever, with a height of 19 inches.
Refraction is the change in direction of waves that occurs when waves travel from one medium to another. Refraction is always accompanied by a wavelength and speed change. Diffraction is the bending of waves around obstacles and openings. The amount of diffraction increases with increasing wavelength.
Refraction of Light. Refraction is the bending of a wave when it enters a medium where its speed is different. The refraction of light when it passes from a fast medium to a slow medium bends the light ray toward the normal to the boundary between the two media. The amount of bending depends on the indices of refraction of the two media and is described quantitatively by Snell's Law.