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| refractable
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refract
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb refract has 2 senses
- refract(v = verb.perception) Array - subject to refraction; "refract a light beam" is one way to subject
- refract(v = verb.communication) Array - determine the refracting power of (a lens); Array is one way to ascertain, determine, find, find out
Derived forms noun refraction1, adjective refractive2, adjective refractive1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms adjective refractive2, adjective refractive1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
refract, v. t. [L. refractus, p. p. of refringere; pref. re- re- + frangere to break: cf. F. réfracter. SEe FRacture, and cf. Refrain, n. ].
- To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off. [1913 Webster]
- To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
refract, v.tr.
1 (of water, air, glass, etc.) deflect (a ray of light etc.) at a certain angle when it enters obliquely from another medium.
2 determine the refractive condition of (the eye).
1 (of water, air, glass, etc.) deflect (a ray of light etc.) at a certain angle when it enters obliquely from another medium.
2 determine the refractive condition of (the eye).
Etymology
L refringere refract- (as RE-, frangere break)
THESAURUS
refract
bend, bias, crook, curve, deflect, deviate, diffract, diffuse, disperse, distort, diverge, divert, dogleg, hairpin, pull, scatter, skew, turn, twist, warp, zigzag
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