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Definition of refract

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Refract (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..

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Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light..

Vicious :: Vicious (a.) Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse..

Neurine :: Neurine (n.) A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide..

Refracting :: Refracting (a.) Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium..

Glaucoma :: Glaucoma (n.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball..

Unsay :: Unsay (v. t.) To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said..

Repugnant :: Repugnant (a.) Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature..

Refract :: Refract (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..

Refringent :: Refringent (a.) Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar..

Refractory :: Refractory (n.) A refractory person.

Hypermetropy :: Hypermetropy (n.) A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia..

Unruly :: Unruly (superl.) Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct..

Refracted :: Refracted (imp. & p. p.) of Refrac.

Restive :: Restive (a.) Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory..

Ametropia :: Ametropia (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.

Calcitrant :: Calcitrant (a.) Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

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..

Uniaxial :: Uniaxial (a.) Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction..

Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction..

Refractory :: Refractory (n.) OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles..