Refract Definition

rĭ-frăkt
refracted, refracting, refracts
verb
To cause (a ray or wave of light, heat, or sound) to undergo refraction.
Webster's New World
To alter by viewing through a medium.
American Heritage
To measure the degree of refraction of (an eye or lens)
Webster's New World

(intransitive, of light) To change direction as a result of entering a different medium.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:

Origin of Refract

  • From Latin refractum, the neutral inflection of refractus, the past participle of refringere, itself from re- 'again' + frangere 'to break'.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin refringere refrāct- to break up re- re- frangere to break bhreg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Refract Sentence Examples

  • The simplest way of showing dispersion is to refract a narrow beam of sunlight through a prism of glass or prismatic vessel containing water or other clear liquid.

  • The clouds contain ice crystals which refract the light to give the halo effect.

  • Such waves would eventually refract upwards into Jupiter 's stratosphere where they might be imaged by infrared detectors on Earth.

  • Refraction All materials refract light (alter its angle).

  • The simplest way of showing dispersion is to refract a narrow beam of sunlight through a prism of glass or prismatic vessel =containing water or other clear liquid.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to refract using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

RREREF

Words Ending With

TCTACT

Unscrambles

refract

Words Starting With R and Ending With T

Starts With R & Ends With TStarts With RE & Ends With TStarts With R & Ends With CT

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With R7 Letter Words Ending With T