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verb (used with object)
1.
to subject to refraction.
2.
to determine the refractive condition of (an eye).
Origin:
1605–15; < Latin refrāctus, past participle of refringere to break, force back, equivalent to re- re- + frac- (variant stem of frangere to break) + -tus past participle suffix
1605–15; < Latin refrāctus, past participle of refringere to break, force back, equivalent to re- re- + frac- (variant stem of frangere to break) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
re·fract·a·ble, adjective
re·fract·ed·ly, adverb
re·fract·ed·ness, noun
non·re·fract·ing, adjective
un·re·fract·ed, adjective
EXPANDun·re·fract·ing, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Bottles of the stuff line the walls and refract the light in open shelving between the kitchen and the dining room.
- Experiment how light, vibration, and magnets refract against it.
- Besides the globs of paint, there's a prismatic cube that lets you refract lasers.
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refract re·fract (rĭ-frākt')
v. re·fract·ed, re·fract·ing, re·fracts
To deflect something, especially light, from a straight path by refraction.
To determine the refraction of an eye or a lens.
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