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Definition of Refracted
1. a. Bent backward angularly, as if half- broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.
Definition of Refracted
1. Verb. (past of ''refract'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Refracted
1. refract [v] - See also: refract
Medical Definition of Refracted
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Refracted
Literary usage of Refracted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mirrors, Prisms and Lenses: A Text-book of Geometrical Optics by James Powell Cocke Southall (1918)
"The figure shows a meridian section of this surface for the case when the rays
are refracted from a denser to a rarer medium (n'< n), the curve in this case ..."
2. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism by Henry William Watson, Samuel Hawsley Burbury (1889)
"The direction of wave motion for either refracted ray being now ... But although
the. direction of displacement in either refracted ray is independent of ..."
3. On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences by Mary Somerville (1840)
"Light is said to be polarized, which, by being once reflected or refracted, is
rendered incapable of being again reflected or refracted at certain angles. ..."
4. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1911)
"Further, since when the ray travels in the crystal in a direction parallel to
the optic axis, there is only one refracted ray, ie the ordinary and ..."
5. The Principles and Methods of Geometrical Optics: Especially as Applied to by James Powell Cocke Southall (1910)
"The Deviation of the Refracted Ray. The angle between the directions of the
incident and refracted rays is called the angle of deviation, ..."
6. The Principles and Methods of Geometrical Optics: Especially as Applied to by James Powell Cocke Southall (1910)
"The Deviation of the Refracted Ray. The angle between the directions of the
incident and refracted rays is called the angle of deviation, ..."
7. A Treatise on Physical Optics by Alfred Barnard Basset (1892)
"Then the principle asserts, that if the two rays AR, AF be reversed, so that RA
and FA are reflected and refracted at A, they will give rise to the incident ..."
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