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irrefrangible - 4 dictionary results

ir⋅re⋅fran⋅gi⋅ble

   [ir-i-fran-juh-buhl]
–adjective
1. not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
2. incapable of being refracted.
Origin:
1710–20; ir- 2 + refrangible
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ir·re·fran·gi·ble     (ĭr'ĭ-frān'jə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Impossible to break; indestructible: irrefrangible cookware.
  2. Physics That cannot be refracted.

ir're·fran'gi·bly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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irrefrangible 
c.1719, "that cannot be broken," from in- "not" + refrangible, from re- "back" + L. frangere "to break" (see fraction).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Irrefrangible

Ir`re*fran"gi*ble\, a. Not refrangible; that can not be refracted in passing from one medium to another. -- Ir`re*fran"gi*ble*ness, n.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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