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单词 refrangile
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refrangileadj.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: refrangible adj., -ile suffix.
Etymology: Apparently < refrang- (in refrangible adj.) + -ile suffix. Compare refrangity n.
Optics. Obsolete. rare.
Liable to be refracted (to a specified extent); able to cause refraction, refractive.
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1797 H. Brougham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 384 The rays which are most flexible have also the greatest refrangity, reflexity, and flexity; or are most refrangile, reflexile, and flexile.
1835 R. Middlemore Treat. Dis. Eye II. xv. 222 An increased density, weight and refrangile power of the small portions of the humor Morgagni.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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