refractive
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6.9
- adjective
- /rɪˈfræktɪv/
- Specialized
:
refractivo
- The refractive index of water is lower than that of glass, affecting how light is seen underwater.
- refractive index
- refractive error
- refractive correction
And that's because of its high refractive index and its size.
- And that's because of its high refractive index and its size.
- It can cause the the lens inside the eye to swell and so with that swelling, you can see a refractive change your power of your glasses, contact lenses that can shift.
Examples
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The linear optical properties of a material are determined by its refractive index.
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After the full refractive correction, the students were given a low vision evaluation with various low vision devices.
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The first step is to determine a precise refractive correction.
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And that's because of its high refractive index and its size.
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Often, we can describe media by their refractive indices.
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It's combining the reflections and the refractive light and then you get a lovely effect like that.
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Like many things in physics, refractive index isn't as simple as we learned in high school.
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Consider how refractive materials produce rainbows with varying colors.
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Glasses and contact lenses bend light to compensate for these refractive errors.
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Refractive eyeglasses were provided to the 10 students, all of whom benefited from them.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
1
9.4
Able to bend light that passes through a material like glass or diamond
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.1
A number that shows how much a material slows light compared with empty space
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word refractive comes from Latin parts re- ('back' or 'again') and fract ('break'), the same root you see in fracture and fraction. So a refractive material 'breaks' the path of light — in other words, it bends light as it passes through something.