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Refract

Refract Meaning & Definition
Refract Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Refract?

[v] determine the refracting power of (a lens)
[v] subject to refraction, as of a light beam

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See Also | ascertain | determine | find | find out | subject

Refract In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*fract"\ (r?*fr$kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Refracting}.] [L. refractus, p. p. of refringere; pref. re- re- + frangere to break: cf. F. r['e]fracter. SEe {FRacture}, and cf. {Refrain}, n.] 1. To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off. 2. 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.

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