Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Refracting.
- Breaking again; rebreaking.
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Examples
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For the beam from beneath and without it refrangent again from the wave
Songs of the Springtides and Birthday Ode Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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a uniform, clear transparency (waxy) or entangled circular epithelial cells or opaque granules or flattened, red-blood globules or clear, refrangent oil globules.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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