👉 The term "outbow" is a technical term in optics used to describe a phenomenon where light waves are bent or distorted by the curvature of a spherical mirror. In more general terms, it refers to the bending of light rays due to their path through a curved surface. This occurs when a beam of light passes through a lens that has an "outbow" (a type of conical lens), causing the light rays to be bent in a specific direction.
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