to refract
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6.3
- verb
- /rɪˈfrækt/
- Specialized
:
refractar
- Fiery glints of sunlight refracted off the old window nearly brought tears to her eyes.
- refracted light
- refracted rays
- refracting telescope
So that means the refracted light will be highly polarized.
- So that means the refracted light will be highly polarized.
- I was told it's the result of light refracting.
Examples
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All of these layers, applied differently with varying amounts of pigments, refract the light in unique ways.
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And you can see then that a prism refracts the light parallel like this.
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The light will refract off the skull...
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Both crystals are clear, but I wonder if they refract or bend light.
Fiction book (2001) -
The brain automatically adjusts the muscles that control the lenses to refract the light onto the retina.
Academic text (1996) -
When a ray of light inside glass hits its surface at a steep angle, it refracts or bends as it exits into air.
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During totality, the Moon will glow a dull red, faintly illuminated by sunlight refracted through the Earth's atmosphere.
Academic text (1993) -
When light passes through water, it will refract, creating a visual distortion of objects beneath the surface.
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A prism can refract light, separating it into various colors like a rainbow.
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As the sunlight enters the glass, it refracts and creates beautiful patterns on the wall.
How Separated
Surface Forms
Morphology
refract = re + fract
The verb is historically re- + fract, but 'fract' is a Latin combining form not a standalone English word and the modern sense 'bend/change direction (of light)' is not inferable by typical learners from the visible parts.
Etymology
Refract comes from the parts re- 'back' and fract 'break', the same root you see in fracture and fraction. So when light goes from air into water or glass it is like the beam is 'broken' or bent, which is why to refract means to change direction as it passes between materials.