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Refracting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Refract
n.
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To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Refract
n.
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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.
Refractable
a.
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Capable of being refracted.
Refracted
a.
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Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.
Refracted
a.
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Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.
Refracting
a.
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Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium.
Refraction
n.
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The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.
Refraction
n.
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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.
Refraction
n.
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The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction.
Refraction
n.
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The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude.
Refractive
a.
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Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.
Refractiveness
n.
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The quality or condition of being refractive.
Refractometer
n.
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A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.
Refractor
n.
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Anything that refracts
Refractor
n.
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A refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the refraction of light in passing through a convex lens.
Refractorily
adv.
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In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.
Refractoriness
n.
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The quality or condition of being refractory.
Refractory
a.
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Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.
Refractory
a.
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Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore.
Refractory
n.
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A refractory person.
Refractory
n.
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Refractoriness.
Refractory
n.
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OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.
Refracture
n.
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A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
Refracture
v. t.
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To break again, as a bone.
Refragable
a.
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Capable of being refuted; refutable.
Refragate
v. i.
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To oppose.
Refrained
imp. & p. p.
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of Refrain
Refraining
p. pr. & vb/ n.
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of Refrain
Refrain
v. t.
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To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.