Refract(n.)
- To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Refract(n.)
- 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.
Refracting(a.)
- Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium.
Refraction(n.)
- The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.
Refraction(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.
Refraction(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.
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.
Refractional
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Refractions
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Refractive(a.)
- Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.
Refractively
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Refractiveness(n.)
- The quality or condition of being refractive.
Refractivities
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Refractivity
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Refracts
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