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Definition of Refracts
1. refract [v] - See also: refract
Lexicographical Neighbors of Refracts
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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