My TB says absolute refractive index of a medium $n = \dfrac{c}{v}$
where $c$ is the speed of light in vacuum and $v$ is the speed of light in the medium.
Why hasn't it been chosen the other way round i.e. $n = \dfrac{v}{c}$?
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