refract
Verb
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Verb
refract (refracts, present participle refracting; past and past participle refracted)
- (intransitive, of light) To change direction as a result of entering a different medium
- (transitive, optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
- A prism can refract light.
- Italian: rifrangere
- Russian: преломля́ться
- Spanish: refractar
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