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Definition of refract
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Refract
(n.) To bend
sharply
and
abruptly
back; to break off.
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Recalcitrant
::
Recalcitrant
(a.)
Kicking
back;
recalcitrating;
hence,
showing
repugnance
or
opposition;
refractory..
Refraction
::
Refraction
(n.) The
correction
which is to be
deducted
from the
apparent
altitude
of a
heavenly
body on
account
of
atmospheric
refraction,
in order to
obtain
the true
altitude..
Stereoscopic
::
Stereoscope
(n.) An
optical
instrument
for
giving
to
pictures
the
appearance
of solid
forms,
as seen in
nature.
It
combines
in one,
through
a
bending
of the rays of
light,
two
pictures,
taken for the
purpose
from
points
of view a
little
way
apart.
It is
furnished
with two
eyeglasses,
and by
refraction
or
reflection
the
pictures
are
superimposed,
so as to
appear
as one to the
observer..
Image
::
Image (n.) The
figure
or
picture
of any
object
formed
at the focus of a lens or
mirror,
by rays of light from the
several
points
of the
object
symmetrically
refracted
or
reflected
to
corresponding
points
in such
focus;
this may be
received
on a
screen,
a
photographic
plate,
or the
retina
of the eye, and
viewed
directly
by the eye, or with an
eyeglass,
as in the
telescope
and
microscope;
the
likeness
of an
object
formed
by
reflection;
as, to see one's image in a
mirror..
Refracture
::
Refracture
(v. t.) To break
again,
as a
bone..
Diacaustic
::
Diacaustic
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
possessing
the
properties
of, a
species
of
caustic
curves
formed
by
refraction.
See
Caustic
surface,
under
Caustic..
Refringency
::
Refringency
(n.) The power
possessed
by a
substance
to
refract
a ray; as,
different
substances
have
different
refringencies..
Refraction
::
Refraction
(n.) The
change
in the
direction
of ray of
light,
heat, or the like, when it
enters
obliquely
a
medium
of a
different
density
from that
through
which it has
previously
moved..
Catadioptrical
::
Catadioptrical
(a.)
Pertaining
to,
produced
by, or
involving,
both the
reflection
and
refraction
of
light;
as, a
catadioptric
light..
Disdiaclast
::
Disdiaclast
(n.) One of the dark
particles
forming
the
doubly
refracting
disks of
muscle
fibers.
Anaclastics
::
Anaclastics
(n.) That part of
optics
which
treats
of the
refraction
of
light;
--
commonly
called
dioptrics.
Diacoustic
::
Diacoustic
(a.)
Pertaining
to the
science
or
doctrine
of
refracted
sounds.
Refractory
::
Refractory
(a.)
Resisting
ordinary
treatment;
difficult
of
fusion,
reduction,
or the like; -- said
especially
of
metals
and the like, which do not
readily
yield to heat, or to the
hammer;
as, a
refractory
ore..
Refractive
::
Refractive
(a.)
Serving
or
having
power to
refract,
or turn from a
direct
course;
pertaining
to
refraction;
as,
refractive
surfaces;
refractive
powers..
Gentle
::
Gentle
(superl.)
Not wild,
turbulent,
or
refractory;
quiet and
docile;
tame;
peaceable;
as, a
gentle
horse..
Retrofracted
::
Retrofracted
(a.)
Refracted;
as, a
retrofract
stem..
Iceland Spar
::
Iceland
spar () A
transparent
variety
of
calcite,
the best of which is
obtained
in
Iceland.
It is used for the
prisms
of the
polariscope,
because
of its
strong
double
refraction.
Cf.
Calcite..
Restive
::
Restive
(a.)
Impatient
under
coercion,
chastisement,
or
opposition;
refractory..
Unruly
::
Unruly
(superl.)
Not
submissive
to rule;
disregarding
restraint;
disposed
to
violate;
turbulent;
ungovernable;
refractory;
as, an
unruly
boy;
unruly
boy;
unruly
conduct..
Refractiveness
::
Refractiveness
(n.) The
quality
or
condition
of being
refractive.
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