Refrangible Definition

rĭ-frănjə-bəl
adjective
Capable of being refracted.
Refrangible rays of light.
American Heritage
That can be refracted, as light rays.
Webster's New World

(dated) That may be refracted.

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Origin of Refrangible

  • From Latin refringere to refract (influenced by refract)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Refrangible Sentence Examples

  • According to an important law discovered by Rydberg and shortly afterwards independently by the writer, the frequency of the common root of the two branches is obtained by subtracting the frequency of the root of the trunk from that of its least refrangible and strongest member.

  • According to the above law the least refrangible member of the trunk being double, there must be two roots for the branches, and this is found to be the case.

  • It will also be noticed that the least refrangible of the doublets of the 1 Astrophys.

  • The lines of the trunk series are double but for the sake of shortness the least refrangible component is here omitted.

  • The cadmium line having a wave-length of 2288 A broadens by pressure equally in both directions, but if mercury be added the broadening is more marked on the less refrangible side.

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