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Definition of refract
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of refract is as below...
Refract
(n.) To break the
natural
course
of, as rays of light orr heat, when
passing
from one
transparent
medium
to
another
of
different
density;
to cause to
deviate
from a
direct
course
by an
action
distinct
from
reflection;
as, a dense
medium
refrcts
the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare
medium..
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Anaclastic
::
Anaclastic
(a.)
Produced
by the
refraction
of
light,
as seen
through
water;
as,
anaclastic
curves..
Refracting
::
Refracting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Refrac.
Intractable
::
Intractable
(a.) Not
tractable;
not
easily
governed,
managed,
or
directed;
indisposed
to be
taught,
disciplined,
or
tamed;
violent;
stubborn;
obstinate;
refractory;
as, an
intractable
child..
Recalcitration
::
Recalcitration
(n.) A
kicking
back
again;
opposition;
repugnance;
refractoriness.
Dioptre
::
Dioptre
(n.) A unit
employed
by
oculists
in
numbering
glasses
according
to the
metric
system;
a
refractive
power equal to that of a glass whose
principal
focal
distance
is one
meter.
Refractable
::
Refractable
(a.)
Capable
of being
refracted.
Refracting
::
Refracting
(a.)
Serving
or
tending
to
refract;
as, a
refracting
medium..
Neurine
::
Neurine
(n.) A
poisonous
organic
base (a
ptomaine)
formed
in the
decomposition
of
protagon
with
boiling
baryta
water,
and in the
putrefraction
of
proteid
matter.
It was for a long time
considered
identical
with
choline,
a
crystalline
body
originally
obtained
from bile.
Chemically,
however,
choline
is
oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium
hydroxide,
while
neurine
is
vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium
hydroxide..
Emmetropia
::
Emmetropia
(n.) That
refractive
condition
of the eye in which the rays of light are all
brought
accurately
and
without
undue
effort
to a focus upon the
retina;
--
opposed
to
hypermetropia,
myopia,
an
astigmatism..
Turbulent
::
Turbulent
(a.)
Disposed
to
insubordination
and
disorder;
restless;
unquiet;
refractory;
as,
turbulent
spirits..
Refraction
::
Refraction
(n.) The
change
in the
direction
of ray of
light,
heat, or the like, when it
enters
obliquely
a
medium
of a
different
density
from that
through
which it has
previously
moved..
Disdiaclast
::
Disdiaclast
(n.) One of the dark
particles
forming
the
doubly
refracting
disks of
muscle
fibers.
Hypermetropy
::
Hypermetropy
(n.) A
condition
of the eye in
which,
through
shortness
of the
eyeball
or fault of the
refractive
media,
the rays of light come to a focus
behind
the
retina;
farsightedness;
--
called
also
hyperopia.
Cf.
Emmetropia..
Repugnant
::
Repugnant
(a.)
Disposed
to fight
against;
hostile;
at war with; being at
variance;
contrary;
inconsistent;
refractory;
disobedient;
also,
distasteful
in a high
degree;
offensive;
--
usually
followed
by to,
rarely
and less
properly
by with; as, all
rudeness
was
repugnant
to her
nature..
Refracted
::
Refracted
(a.) Bent
backward
angularly,
as if
half-broken;
as, a
refracted
stem or
leaf..
Recalcitrant
::
Recalcitrant
(a.)
Kicking
back;
recalcitrating;
hence,
showing
repugnance
or
opposition;
refractory..
Spectrum
::
Spectrum
(n.) The
several
colored
and other rays of which light is
composed,
separated
by the
refraction
of a prism or other
means,
and
observed
or
studied
either
as
spread
out on a
screen,
by
direct
vision,
by
photography,
or
otherwise.
See
Illust.
of
Light,
and
Spectroscope..
Brilliant
::
Brilliant
(a.) A
diamond
or other gem of the
finest
cut,
formed
into faces and
facets,
so as to
reflect
and
refract
the
light,
by which it is
rendered
more
brilliant.
It has at the
middle,
or top, a
principal
face,
called
the
table,
which is
surrounded
by a
number
of
sloping
facets
forming
a
bizet;
below,
it has a small face or
collet,
parallel
to the
table,
connected
with the
girdle
by a
pavilion
of
elongated
facets.
It is thus
distinguished
from the rose
diamond,
which is
entirely
covered
with
Refractor
::
Refractor
(n.) A
refracting
telescope,
in which the image to be
viewed
is
formed
by the
refraction
of light in
passing
through
a
convex
lens..
Gannister
::
Gannister
(n.) A
refractory
material
consisting
of
crushed
or
ground
siliceous
stone,
mixed with fire clay; -- used for
lining
Bessemer
converters;
also used for
macadamizing
roads..
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