REFRACT


Meaning of REFRACT in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Light is refracted through each column.

Like light, seismic waves can reflect and refract off a surface.

Metal refracts it while organic material absorbs it. 3.

More light is refracted below the surface, and algae, especially diatoms. rapidly become plentiful.

Precision-cut, liberated from the leadline, the mosaic edges refract the light in scintillating, unpredictable ways.

We drove through undulating farmland and it was as if the light were refracted through amethyst.

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