Refraction Definition

rĭ-frăkshən
refractions
noun
refractions
The bending of a ray or wave of light, heat, or sound as it passes obliquely from one medium to another of different density, in which its speed is different, or through layers of different density in the same medium.
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The bending of the rays of light from a star or planet, greatest when the star or planet is lowest in the sky, so that it seems higher than it really is.
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The ability of the eye to refract light entering it, so as to form an image on the retina.
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The measuring of the degree of refraction of an eye.
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(metallurgy) The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat.

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refraction
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refractions

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Refraction Sentence Examples

  • It is difficult to lay down rules for the treatment of cases where the refraction of the two eyes is unequal.

  • He discovered double refraction in Iceland spar (Experimenta crystalli islandici disdiaclastici, Copenhagen, 1669).

  • There are perfect cleavages parallel to the rhombohedral faces, and the crystals exhibit a strong negative double refraction, like calcite.

  • The refraction spectra for different media also differ amongst themselves.

  • The existence of internal strains in glass can be readil y recognized by examination in polarized light, any signs of double refraction indicating the existence of strain.

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RREREF

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NONION

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