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refract
re·fract R0118200 (rĭ-frăkt′)tr.v. re·fract·ed, re·fract·ing, re·fracts 1. To deflect (light, for example) from a straight path by refraction.2. To alter by viewing through a medium: "In the Quartet reality is refracted through a variety of eyes" (Elizabeth Kastor).3. Medicine To determine the refraction of (an eye, for example). [Latin refringere, refrāct-, to break up : re-, re- + frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]refract (rɪˈfrækt) vb (tr) 1. (General Physics) to cause to undergo refraction2. (General Physics) to measure the refractive capabilities of (the eye, a lens, etc)[C17: from Latin refractus broken up, from refringere, from re- + frangere to break] reˈfractable adjre•fract (rɪˈfrækt) v.t. 1. to subject to refraction. 2. to determine the refractive condition of (an eye). [1605–15; < Latin refrāctus, past participle of refringere to break, force back =re- re- + -fringere, comb. form of frangere to break] refract Past participle: refracted Gerund: refracting
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I refract | you refract | he/she/it refracts | we refract | you refract | they refract |
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I refracted | you refracted | he/she/it refracted | we refracted | you refracted | they refracted |
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I am refracting | you are refracting | he/she/it is refracting | we are refracting | you are refracting | they are refracting |
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I have refracted | you have refracted | he/she/it has refracted | we have refracted | you have refracted | they have refracted |
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I was refracting | you were refracting | he/she/it was refracting | we were refracting | you were refracting | they were refracting |
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I had refracted | you had refracted | he/she/it had refracted | we had refracted | you had refracted | they had refracted |
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I will refract | you will refract | he/she/it will refract | we will refract | you will refract | they will refract |
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I will have refracted | you will have refracted | he/she/it will have refracted | we will have refracted | you will have refracted | they will have refracted |
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I will be refracting | you will be refracting | he/she/it will be refracting | we will be refracting | you will be refracting | they will be refracting |
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I have been refracting | you have been refracting | he/she/it has been refracting | we have been refracting | you have been refracting | they have been refracting |
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I will have been refracting | you will have been refracting | he/she/it will have been refracting | we will have been refracting | you will have been refracting | they will have been refracting |
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I had been refracting | you had been refracting | he/she/it had been refracting | we had been refracting | you had been refracting | they had been refracting |
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I would refract | you would refract | he/she/it would refract | we would refract | you would refract | they would refract |
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I would have refracted | you would have refracted | he/she/it would have refracted | we would have refracted | you would have refracted | they would have refracted | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | refract - subject to refraction; "refract a light beam"optics - the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of lightsubject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" | | 2. | refract - determine the refracting power of (a lens)ascertain, determine, find out, find - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" |
refractverbTo cause to move, especially at an angle:angle, bend, deflect, turn.Translations EncyclopediaSeerefractionrefract
refract [re-frakt´] 1. to cause to deviate.2. to ascertain errors of ocular refraction.re·fract (rē-frakt'), 1. To change the direction of a ray of light. 2. To detect an error of refraction and to correct it by means of lenses. [L. refringo, pp. -fractus, to break up] refract (rĭ-frăkt′)tr.v. re·fracted, re·fracting, re·fracts 1. To deflect (light, for example) from a straight path by refraction.2. Medicine To determine the refraction of (an eye, for example).re·fract (rē-frakt') 1. To change the direction of a ray of light. 2. To detect an error of refraction and to correct it by means of lenses. [L. refringo, pp. -fractus, to break up]refract 1. To bend a ray of light when it passes through a surface separating media of different refractive indices. 2. To measure the refractive state of the eye.refract Related to refract: Refraction of LightSynonyms for refractverb to cause to move, especially at an angleSynonymsWords related to refractverb subject to refractionRelated Wordsverb determine the refracting power of (a lens)Related Words- ascertain
- determine
- find out
- find
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