refract – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
refract
v.
cause energy or light waves to bend as they pass from one medium into a second medium in which the energy travels at a different speed
Refraction
refract
Verb
1. subject to refraction; "refract a light beam"
(hypernym) subject
(derivation) refraction
(classification) optics
2. determine the refracting power of (a lens)
(hypernym) determine, find, find out, ascertain
refract
v.
lámat
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.
(n.)
To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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