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refraction

noun

1 refraction

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

Roget 443: dim sight, dull sight half sight, short sight, near sight, long sight, double sight, astigmatic sight, failing sight; dimsightedness &c.; purblindness, lippitude; myopia, presbyopia; ... show more

Roget 420: light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil; sunbeam, moonbeam; aurora.    day; sunshine; light of day, light of heaven; ... show more

Dutch: refractie
Polish: refrakcja, niepobudliwość

2 refraction

The amount by which a propagating wave is bent.

synonyms: deflection, deflexion.

Roget 279: deviation; swerving etc. v.; obliquation, warp, refraction; flection, flexion; sweep; deflection, deflexure; declination.    ... show more

Dutch: refractie, straalbreking


Moby thesaurus: atmospheric attenuation, blind spots, clutter, deflection, deflexure, diffraction, diffusion, dispersion, distortion, false echoes, flection, flexure, ground clutter, scatter, sea clutter, skewness, superrefraction, torsion.

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