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Definition of Refractive

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or capable of refraction. "The refractive characteristics of the eye"

2. Adjective. Capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave).

Definition of Refractive

1. a. Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.

Definition of Refractive

1. Adjective. Describing that which refracts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Refractive

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Refractive

1. Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers. Refractive index. The ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction for a ray passing out of one of the media into the other. Origin: Cf. F. Refractif. See Refract. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refractive

refounding refounds refract refractable refracted refracted light refractile refracting refracting angle of a prism refracting telescope

refracting telescopes refraction refractionist refractionometer refractions refractive (current term) refractive accommodative esotropia refractive amblyopia refractive errors refractive index

refractive keratoplasty refractive keratotomy refractively refractiveness refractivities refractivity refractometer refractometers refractometric refractometries

Literary usage of Refractive

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

1. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1904)
"Absolute refractive Index, and Change in refractive Index with Change in the ... In almost all cases the refractive index from air to a given medium is what ..."

2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The refractive Power of the Eye and the Range of Accommodation.—The refractive power of lenses is expressed usually in^terms of their principal focal ..."

3. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The refractive Power of the Eye and the Range of Accommodation.—The refractive power of lenses is expressed usually in terms of their principal focal ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1877)
"The diamond is indebted for much of its brilliancy to this total reflection, because owing to the high refractive index of this gem, total reflection ..."

5. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"The refractive Power of the Eye and the Range of Accommodation.—The refractive power of lenses is expressed usually in terms of their principal focal ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"This property is the refractive index, minus unity, divided by the density = C,and for this constant the authors have suggested the term 'specific ..."

7. The Methods of Petrographic-microscopic Research, Their Relative Accuracy by Frederic Eugene Wright (1911)
"CHAPTER Il. refractive INDICES. Many methods have been suggested for measuring ... For the accurate measurement of refractive indices it is, at present, ..."

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