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REFRACTION

Dictionary entry overview: What does refraction mean?

• REFRACTION (noun)
The noun REFRACTION has 2 senses:

1. the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
2. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

Familiarity information: REFRACTION used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• REFRACTION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("refraction" is a kind of...):

physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physics of matter and energy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "refraction"):

birefringence; double refraction (splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The amount by which a propagating wave is bent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

deflexion; deflection; refraction

Hypernyms ("refraction" is a kind of...):

bend; bending (movement that causes the formation of a curve)

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