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REFRACT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Determine the refracting power of (a lens)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "refract" is one way to...):

ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

refractive (capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave))

refractive (of or relating to or capable of refraction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Subject to refraction

Example:

refract a light beam

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "refract" is one way to...):

subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

Domain category:

optics (the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

refraction (the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another)

refractive (capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave))

refractive (of or relating to or capable of refraction)

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