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单词 refrangible
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Definition of refrangible in English:

refrangible

adjective rɪˈfran(d)ʒɪb(ə)lrəˈfrændʒəb(ə)l
  • Able to be refracted.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Newton had been inveigled into publishing his explanation of the rainbow, asserting that the colours of the rainbow are generated from white light (as from the Sun) merely because they are ‘differently refrangible’.

Derivatives

  • refrangibility

  • noun rɪfran(d)ʒɪˈbɪlɪtirəˌfrændʒəˈbɪlədi
    • He discovered chromatic aberration and the selective ‘refrangibility’ of colours.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The system he studied was thus a simple one, comprising entities of a single kind - rays with diverse refrangibility - whose mutual interactions, such as color mixing, were purely superpositional.

Origin

Late 17th century: from modern Latin refrangibilis, from refrangere 'break up' (see refract).

 
 

Definition of refrangible in US English:

refrangible

adjectiverəˈfrændʒəb(ə)lrəˈfranjəb(ə)l
  • Able to be refracted.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Newton had been inveigled into publishing his explanation of the rainbow, asserting that the colours of the rainbow are generated from white light (as from the Sun) merely because they are ‘differently refrangible’.

Origin

Late 17th century: from modern Latin refrangibilis, from refrangere ‘break up’ (see refract).

 
 
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