Thesaurus: refract

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1. n. To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
2. 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.
3. v. subject to refraction
4. v. determine the refracting power of (a lens)
5. 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.
6. v:100 v. subject to refraction v. determine the refracting power of (a lens)