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REFRACT

Dictionary entry overview: What does refract mean?

• REFRACT (verb)
The verb REFRACT has 2 senses:

1. subject to refraction
2. determine the refracting power of (a lens)

Familiarity information: REFRACT used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• REFRACT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Subject to refraction

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

refract a light beam

Hypernyms (to "refract" is one way to...):

subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

Domain category:

optics (the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

refract ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Determine the refracting power of (a lens)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "refract" is one way to...):

ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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