lenses, the <span class="searchmatch">refractive</span> error of (an eye) or the eyes of (a person). A prism can <span class="searchmatch">refract</span> light. <span class="searchmatch">refracting</span> <span class="searchmatch">refracting</span> telescope <span class="searchmatch">refraction</span> <span class="searchmatch">refractive</span> refractory...
From <span class="searchmatch">refract</span> + -ive. Rhymes: -æktɪv <span class="searchmatch">refractive</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">refractive</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">refractive</span>) That <span class="searchmatch">refracts</span>; causing or relating to refraction...
IPA(key): /ʁe.fʁak.te/ <span class="searchmatch">réfracter</span> to <span class="searchmatch">refract</span> Conjugation of <span class="searchmatch">réfracter</span> (see also Appendix:French verbs) <span class="searchmatch">réfraction</span> “<span class="searchmatch">réfracter</span>”, in Trésor de la langue française...
an article on: <span class="searchmatch">refractor</span> Wikipedia From <span class="searchmatch">refract</span> + -or. <span class="searchmatch">refractor</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">refractors</span>) A <span class="searchmatch">refracting</span> telescope. anything which <span class="searchmatch">refracts</span> light, heat or sound...
<span class="searchmatch">refracted</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">refract</span> <span class="searchmatch">refracted</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">refracted</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">refracted</span>) Turned out of its straight course...
angle of <span class="searchmatch">refraction</span> astronomical <span class="searchmatch">refraction</span> astronomic <span class="searchmatch">refraction</span> atmospheric <span class="searchmatch">refraction</span> autorefraction double <span class="searchmatch">refraction</span> photorefraction <span class="searchmatch">refractive</span> refractory...
<span class="searchmatch">refracts</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">refract</span> crafters, recrafts...
<span class="searchmatch">refracting</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">refract</span> <span class="searchmatch">refracting</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">refractings</span>) An act of <span class="searchmatch">refraction</span>. 2006, Peter Hallward, Out of this World: Deleuze...
From <span class="searchmatch">refract</span> + -able. <span class="searchmatch">refractable</span> (not comparable) Able to be <span class="searchmatch">refracted</span>. Synonym: refrangible “<span class="searchmatch">refractable</span>”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary...
From <span class="searchmatch">refractive</span> + -ity. <span class="searchmatch">refractivity</span> (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">refractivities</span>) The quality or degree of being <span class="searchmatch">refractive</span>....