- 1. a. Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers. Source: opted
- 2. adj. of or relating to or capable of refraction Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) Source: wordnet
- 4. Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers. Refractive index. (Opt.) See Index of refraction, under Index. -- Absolute refractive index (Opt.), the index of refraction of a substances when the ray passes into it from a vacuum. -- Relative refractive index (of two media) (Opt.), the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction for a ray passing out of one of the media into the other. Source: webster
- 5. Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a directcourse; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractivepowers. Refractive index. (Opt.) See Index of refraction, underIndex.-- Absolute refractive index (Opt.), the index of refraction of asubstances when the ray passes into it from a vacuum.-- Relative refractive index (of two media) (Opt.), the ratio of thesine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refractionfor a ray passing out of one of the media into the other. Source: adambom
- 6. j:100 a. of or relating to or capable of refraction Source: ecdict
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