REFRACT


Meaning of REFRACT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪfrækt ]

( refracts, refracting, refracted)

When a ray of light or a sound wave refracts or is refracted , the path it follows bends at a particular point, for example when it enters water or glass.

As we age the lenses of the eyes thicken, and thus refract light differently.

...surfaces that cause the light to reflect and refract.

VERB : V n , V

• re‧frac‧tion

...the refraction of the light on the dancing waves.

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