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Definition of refract verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

refract

verb

NAmE//rɪˈfrækt//

refract something (physics)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they refract

he / she / it refracts

past simple refracted

-ing form refracting

(of water, air, glass, etc.) to make light change direction when it goes through at an angle Light is refracted when passed through a prism.

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refraction

NAmE//rɪˈfrækʃn//

noun [uncountable]See refract in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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