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Meanings of
refraction
(refractions)
in English
Portuguese
refracção
Catalan
refracció
Back to the meaning
The amount by which a propagating wave is bent.
deflection
deflexion
Portuguese
refracção
Synonyms
Examples for "
deflection
"
deflection
deflexion
Examples for "
deflection
"
1
I note that the news media are calling this
deflection
Operation Deliverance.
2
The same law of
deflection
is shown, in smaller angles, in Fig.
3
At higher energy and current, the grid was melted by beam
deflection
.
4
His low shot flew in after five minutes via a slight
deflection
.
5
No continuance of the battery current caused any
deflection
of the galvanometer-needle.
1
And that all Anticipation is but a
deflexion
or declination by accident.
2
Stormgren's feelings were very mixed as he stared at the scarcely visible
deflexion
of the trace.
3
But up to sixty yards the lateral
deflexion
from wind is negligible; past this it may amount to three or four feet.
4
N., and this parallel was followed with slight
deflexions
to the Togoland frontier.
5
"Of what other great men can you equally say it?-andthat he has never, but never, had a
deflexion
?
"
Mrs. Mulville exultantly demanded.
Usage of
refractions
in English
1
He calculated the reflections and
refractions
of light in drops of rain.
2
Fritz Arno Wagner's cinematography is much at home to reflections and
refractions
.
3
Results: Postoperative
refractions
were generally stable after 3 months without significant early overcorrection.
4
She also used other innovative effects such as
refractions
and distortions.
5
In 1667, he explained the scintillation of the stars by irregular atmospheric
refractions
.
6
In 1667, he explained the twinkling of the stars by irregular atmospheric
refractions
.
7
There was no significant difference between preoperative and postoperative manifest
refractions
.
8
Now the mist was dazzling, white-white, shining with
refractions
of the morning sunlight.
9
Rational answers so far include light
refractions
from passing cars and an out-of-focus fly.
10
Points out some errors in Vitellio's second table of
refractions
.
11
Horizon to horizon it stretched, shot by
refractions
of light.
12
They are not life, but individual
refractions
of it.
13
These are, again, the
refractions
of eternal truths, viewed by man from his material plane.
14
We represent also all manner of reflexions,
refractions
,
and multiplications of visual beams of objects.
15
We represent also all manner of reflections,
refractions
,
and multiplications of visual beams of objects.
16
Both unicorns were amongst the long grass of the far riverbank, visible as horse-shaped
refractions
of light and shadow.
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About this term
refractions
refraction
Noun
Plural
Frequent collocations
atmospheric refractions
brilliant refractions
casting refractions
complex refractions
distort refractions
More collocations
Translations for
refractions
Portuguese
refracção
refração
Catalan
refracció
Refractions
through the time