refraction - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • suffer: Soe that blew rays suffer a greater refraction then red ones.
  • need: Light rays from a distant object are almost parallel so do not need much refraction to focus onto the retina.
  • have: However it is easy to separate with an eye glass, having a large double refraction.

Converse of subject

  • affect: The research showed that reflectance and luminosity of fire escape signage is affected by light refraction in smoke conditions.
  • cause: This is an illusion caused by the refraction of light within the resin.
  • produce: Cirrus is a nearly unique source of these displays because they are produced by the refraction of light-rays passing through ice crystals.

Adjective modifier

  • atmospheric: The blurring evident in the image is thought to result from atmospheric refraction.
  • seismic: The methods are seismic refraction, gravity and electrical resistivity.
  • double: However it is easy to separate with an eye glass, having a large double refraction.
  • light: The research showed that reflectance and luminosity of fire escape signage is affected by light refraction in smoke conditions.
  • conical: In 1833 Hamilton announced his discovery of conical refraction of light.
  • differential: Differential refraction pushes the lower limb upwards to create the highly flattened shape.

Modifies a noun

  • index: This results in a permanent change in the periodic refraction index of the optical fiber.
  • effect: There is no major refraction effect at the model length scale.
  • analysis: A shoaling and refraction analysis should then be undertaken to determine the specific climates for the selected beaches.

Noun used with modifier

  • wave: The main benefit would be to provide more precise input to modeling of the contribution of wave refraction to inshore wave climate.

Preposition: of

  • ray: With a water immersion lens however, refraction of the rays occurs on the glass - water boundaries.
  • light: Glass or plastic filaments allow the internal refraction of light for viewing.
  • wave: These are partly formed because of the refraction of the waves around the end of the spit.
  • sunlight: This color results from the refraction of sunlight by the Earth's atmosphere.

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