refract

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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 adj

re•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

Imperative
refract
refract

Present
I refract
you refract
he/she/it refracts
we refract
you refract
they refract

Preterite
I refracted
you refracted
he/she/it refracted
we refracted
you refracted
they refracted

Present Continuous
I am refracting
you are refracting
he/she/it is refracting
we are refracting
you are refracting
they are refracting

Present Perfect
I have refracted
you have refracted
he/she/it has refracted
we have refracted
you have refracted
they have refracted

Past Continuous
I was refracting
you were refracting
he/she/it was refracting
we were refracting
you were refracting
they were refracting

Past Perfect
I had refracted
you had refracted
he/she/it had refracted
we had refracted
you had refracted
they had refracted

Future
I will refract
you will refract
he/she/it will refract
we will refract
you will refract
they will refract

Future Perfect
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

Future Continuous
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

Present Perfect Continuous
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

Future Perfect Continuous
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

Past Perfect Continuous
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

Conditional
I would refract
you would refract
he/she/it would refract
we would refract
you would refract
they would refract

Past Conditional
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

Thesaurus

Verb	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"

refract

verbTo cause to move, especially at an angle:angle, bend, deflect, turn.

Translations

rifrangere

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.

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Synonyms for refract

verb to cause to move, especially at an angle

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verb subject to refraction

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verb determine the refracting power of (a lens)

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