refract — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).

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   • transitivo

2. To mediate; to alter; to distort.

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   • figurato
   • transitivo

3. To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.

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   • transitivo

4. To measure, and often also to correct with lenses, the refractive error of (an eye) or the eyes of (a person).

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   • transitivo

   Esempi

   A prism can refract light.

Verbo

1. subject to refraction

   Termini più generali

   subject

   Esempi

   refract a light beam

2. determine the refracting power of (a lens)

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