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- pronunciation:
- rih
fraekt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
refracts, refracting, refracted |
| definition: |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed.
The rays of light are refracted by the prism. |
| related words: |
diffuse |
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| derivations: |
refractive (adj.), refractivity (n.) |
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