refract

tr.v., -fract·ed, -fract·ing, -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.]

verb

To cause to move, especially at an angle: angle², bend, deflect, turn. See straight/bent.

(rĭ-frăkt')
v., -fract·ed, -fract·ing, -fracts.

1. To deflect something, especially light, from a straight path by refraction.
2. To determine the refraction of an eye or a lens.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: subject to refraction, as of a light beam

Meaning #2: determine the refracting power of (a lens)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bryde

Nederlands (Dutch)
breken, vaststellen van brekingsvermogen (oog)

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Phys) réfracter

Deutsch (German)
v. - (Phys.) brechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (οπτ.) διαθλώ/-ώμαι

Italiano (Italian)
rifrangere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - refratar

Русский (Russian)
преломлять лучи

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - refractar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - (fys) bryta ljus, (opt) mäta refraktionen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使折射, 测定...的折射度

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使折射, 測定...的折射度

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 굴절시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 屈折させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكسر شعاع الضوء, يحدد قوة الإنكسار في العدسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שבר (קרני אור)‬

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