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refract

[ ri-frakt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to subject to refraction.
  2. to determine the refractive condition of (an eye).


refract

/ ɪˈڰæ /

verb

  1. to cause to undergo refraction
  2. to measure the refractive capabilities of (the eye, a lens, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڰٲ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ڰa· adjective
  • ·ڰĻ· adverb
  • ·ڰĻ·Ա noun
  • ԴDzr·ڰiԲ adjective
  • ܲr·ڰĻ adjective
  • ܲr·ڰiԲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of refract1

1605–15; < Latin ڰ峦ٳܲ, past participle of refringere to break, force back, equivalent to re- re- + frac- (variant stem of frangere to break ) + -tus past participle suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of refract1

C17: from Latin refractus broken up, from refringere , from re- + frangere to break
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Apparently, a lot of folks feel seeing people in the real world is too taxing, and it's easier to refract your urge for connection to an app that offers only an inch-deep simulacrum.

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Still, there’s also something kind of profound in contemplating 2000, even if it is refracted through this movie’s silly lens.

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The same physics that makes light refract into patterns on the bottom of a swimming pool or causes stars to twinkle in the night sky also causes DISS.

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The director, who used the film as a way to refract a personal experience with grief, saw Bill as a man who was slowly beginning to erupt emotionally.

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Democritus believed that light refracting through atoms caused the phenomenon that we perceive and describe conventionally, or by mutual agreement, as color.

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