Definition of Refracts

1. Verb. (third-person singular of refract) ¹

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Definition of Refracts

1. refract [v] - See also: refract

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refracts

refractory-lined
refractory anaemia
refractory anaemia with excess blasts
refractory anemia
refractory cast
refractory flask
refractory lining
refractory metal
refractory metals
refractory period of electronic pacemaker
refractory pot
refractory rhyme
refractory rickets
refractory state
refracts (current term)
refracture
refractured
refractures
refracturing
refragable
refrain
refrained
refrainer
refrainers
refrainest
refraineth
refraining
refrainment
refrainments

Literary usage of Refracts

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

1. Elements of Physics: Or Natural Philosophy, General and Medical by Neil Arnott (1841)
"... and that diamond refracts about twice as much as glass: and we hare considered the effect of different degress of convexity in lenses—arising equally ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"refracts double in a high degree. Harder than calcareous spar. Brittle. S p. gr. 6.2 to 6.6. It dissolves with effervescence in muriatic and nitric acids. ..."

3. The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical by Luke Hebert (1836)
"This ring also supports a ground glass shade, which, besides softening the light, by HH peculiar form, so reflects and refracts the rays in every direction ..."

4. The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical by Luke Hebert (1846)
"... besides softening tfi by its peculiar form, so reflects and refracts the rays in every direction as i to prevent eny shadow being cast by the reservoir ..."

5. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1856)
"The lens refracts the'rays, and a smaller but a more perfectly-defined picture is the result. This is the camera obscura. Although highly appreciated for ..."

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