Refraction

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
  • n. Astronomy The apparent change in position of celestial objects caused by the bending of light rays entering Earth's atmosphere.
  • n. Medicine The ability of the eye to bend light so that an image is focused on the retina.
  • n. Medicine Determination of the refractive characteristics of the eye.
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  • n. The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
  • n. The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.
  • n. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved.
  • n.
  • n. The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction.
  • n. The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted: almost exclusively restricted to physics, and applied to a deflection or change of direction of rays, as of light, heat, or sound, which are obliquely incident upon and pass through a smooth surface bounding two media not homogeneous, as air and water, or of rays which traverse a medium the density of which is not uniform, as the atmosphere.
  • n. In logic, the relation of the Theophrastian moods to the direct moods of the first figure.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
  • n. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
    • Equivalent
    longitude    declination    right ascension   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bend    bending   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    polarization    diffraction    parallax    curvature    reflexion   
     
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