Refract

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To deflect (light, for example) from a straight path by refraction.
  • v. To alter by viewing through a medium: "In the Quartet reality is refracted through a variety of eyes” ( Elizabeth Kastor).
  • v. Medicine To determine the refraction of (an eye, for example).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To change direction as a result of entering a different medium
  • v. To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
  • v. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bend back sharply or abruptly; especially, in optics, to break the natural course of, as of a ray of light; deflect at. a certain angle on passing from one medium into another of a different density. See refraction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. subject to refraction
  • v. determine the refracting power of (a lens)
  • Verb Form
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    subject    determine    find out    ascertain    find   
    Cross Reference
    reflect   
    Form
    refracted    refracting   
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    turn   
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