The quality or condition of being refractive.

(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.

(intransitive, of light) To change direction as a result of entering a different medium / (transitive, optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.

simple past tense and past participle of refract

Turned out of its straight course. / (biology) Bent back at an acute angle.

That refracts; causing or relating to refraction.

plural of refraction

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refract

present participle of refract

An act of refraction.