Words Like REFRACT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to REFRACT.

6 Alternative Words Similar to refract

1 Ascertain Verb      Synonym Words Like Ascertain
2 Determine Verb      Synonym Words Like Determine
3 Find Verb      Synonym Words Like Find
4 Subject Verb      Synonym Words Like Subject
5 Refracted Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Refracted
6 Refracting Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Refracting

1 examples of refract

1 a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium

10 definitions of refract

1 To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
2 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.
3 subject to refraction
4 determine the refracting power of (a lens)
5 To deflect (light, for example) from a straight path by refraction.
6 To alter by viewing through a medium: "In the Quartet reality is refracted through a variety of eyes” ( Elizabeth Kastor).
7 Medicine To determine the refraction of (an eye, for example).
8 To bend back sharply or abruptly; especially, in optics, to break the natural course of, as of a ray of light; deflect at. a certain angle on passing from one medium into another of a different density. See refraction.
9 To change direction as a result of entering a different medium
10 To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
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