refract
pronunciation
How to pronounce refract in British English:
UK [rɪˈfrækt]
How to pronounce refract in American English:
US [rɪˈfrækt]
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- Verb:
- subject to refraction
- determine the refracting power of (a lens)
Word Origin
- refract (v.)
- "to bend" (light, sound, heat, etc.), 1610s, back-formation from refraction, and in part from Latin refractus, past participle of refringere. Related: Refracted; refracting.
Example
- 1. Changes in these values can make light slow down , speed up and thus refract , or bend .
- 2. If ruined inevitably , I should refract my adamancy to the .
- 3. The first is to protect the eye from trauma , foreign bodies , uv light , germs and chemical insults . The second is to refract light .
- 4. Such various endings refract a national psychology of collective unconscious derived from the ingrained cultural tradition .
- 5. Instead of reflecting around the bend , some light rays will refract into the cladding and be lost .