Definition of Refractor

1. n. Anything that refracts

Definition of Refractor

1. Noun. A refracting telescope. ¹

2. Noun. anything which refracts light, heat or sound ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Refractor

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Refractor

1. Anything that refracts; specifically: A refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the refraction of light in passing through a convex lens. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refractor

refractive accommodative esotropia
refractive amblyopia
refractive errors
refractive index
refractive keratoplasty
refractive keratotomy
refractively
refractiveness
refractivities
refractivity
refractometer
refractometers
refractometric
refractometries
refractometry
refractor (current term)
refractories
refractorily
refractoriness
refractors
refractory
refractory-lined
refractory anaemia
refractory anaemia with excess blasts
refractory anemia
refractory cast
refractory flask
refractory lining
refractory metal
refractory metals

Literary usage of Refractor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A 6-inch refractor by Merz was now provided, and in 1858-60 a new observatory was erected, and furnished with a 7-inch refractor by Merz and a meridian ..."

2. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1896)
"The sixteen-inch CLARK refractor, shown in the cut facing page 186 of Volume VIII of these Publications, with its apparatus, is for sale at a considerable ..."

3. Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1895)
"An Experiment with a 12^-inch refractor, whereby the Light lost through the Secondary Spectrum is separated out and rendered approximately measurable. ..."

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