Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Serving or tending to refract; turning from a direct course.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Serving or tending to refract.
- adjective (Opt.) the angle of a triangular prism included between the two sides through which the refracted beam passes in the decomposition of light.
- adjective (Opt.) See under
Telescope .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
refract .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Both these features are altered when the light is exposed to a transparent medium of prismatic shape - that is, to an optically resistant medium so shaped that the length of the light's passage through it changes from one side of the beam to the other, being least at the so-called refracting edge of the prism, greatest at the base opposite to that.
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This much glow could easily burn out your retinas, so find some kind of refracting way to view this post.
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This much glow could easily burn out your retinas, so find some kind of refracting way to view this post.
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And like a prism refracting a beam of light, the movement for economic justice in New York City will be seen in a thousand cities around the world!
Rev. Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Ph.D.: Fair Wages For New Yorkers: Time For A New New York City!
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And like a prism refracting a beam of light, the movement for economic justice in New York City will be seen in a thousand cities around the world!
Rev. Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Ph.D.: Fair Wages For New Yorkers: Time For A New New York City!
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I remember standing on the bridge in my first years in this crazy business, hoping to find answers in the ripples of the water, asking the refracting light what I should do, and listening to the wind whisper secrets to me.
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I remember standing on the bridge in my first years in this crazy business, hoping to find answers in the ripples of the water, asking the refracting light what I should do, and listening to the wind whisper secrets to me.
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And like a prism refracting a beam of light, the movement for economic justice in New York City will be seen in a thousand cities around the world!
Rev. Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Ph.D.: Fair Wages For New Yorkers: Time For A New New York City!
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The kitchen was ambient and still at dawn, the light refracting through half-filled jars of sugar and dried fruits, making everything appear a little invisible, a little godly.
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And like a prism refracting a beam of light, the movement for economic justice in New York City will be seen in a thousand cities around the world!
Rev. Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Ph.D.: Fair Wages For New Yorkers: Time For A New New York City!
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