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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
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Medical Definition of Refractor
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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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