Usage of "refraction"

португальский

refracção

каталонский

refracció

The amount by which a propagating wave is bent.

refracção

Синонимы

Examples for "deflection"

deflection
deflexion

Examples for "deflection"

I note that the news media are calling this deflection Operation Deliverance. 
 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 

The same law of deflection is shown, in smaller angles, in Fig. 
 Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 

At higher energy and current, the grid was melted by beam deflection. 
 Pubmed 

His low shot flew in after five minutes via a slight deflection. 
 The Guardian 

No continuance of the battery current caused any deflection of the galvanometer-needle. 
 Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 

And that all Anticipation is but a deflexion or declination by accident. 
 Valerius Terminus: Of the Interpretation of Nature 

Stormgren's feelings were very mixed as he stared at the scarcely visible deflexion of the trace. 
 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 

But up to sixty yards the lateral deflexion from wind is negligible; past this it may amount to three or four feet. 
 Hunting with the Bow & Arrow 

N., and this parallel was followed with slight deflexions to the Togoland frontier. 
 The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28 

"Of what other great men can you equally say it?-andthat he has never, but never, had a deflexion?" Mrs. Mulville exultantly demanded. 
 The Coxon Fund 

Использование термина refraction на английском

It's their refraction of a distant light source that almost blinded us. 
 Hull zero three 

The impressions of objects underwent a considerable refraction before reaching his mind. 
 Notre-Dame de Paris 

Let me assume that the index of refraction in air is 1. 
 Wired 

The deception may also be aided by a slight degree of refraction. 
 The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale 

The reflection which resulted from this refraction was, necessarily, divergent and perverted. 
 Notre-Dame de Paris 

You could take it all to be the refraction of a dreamworld. 
 The Irish Times 

The final refraction was used as a criterion of accuracy of each approach. 
 Pubmed 

He sought for the explanation of the fact in the doctrine of refraction. 
 Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor... 

Results: Unaided visual acuity and refraction were improved significantly after OK lens wear. 
 Pubmed 

You remember the trouble I had with the refraction from the second prism. 
 Gossamer 

They understood the phenomena of the reflection and refraction of light. 
 History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science 

She had no nerves: she saw life in its proper colours without refraction. 
 Nightfall 

Creatures of keen vision, their studies into light, refraction and optics followed swiftly. 
 Children of Time 

There is extraordinarily little mirage up here and the refraction is very small. 
 Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I / Being the journals of Captai... 

Visual acuity, refraction, corneal clarity, and adverse reactions were evaluated at each visit. 
 Pubmed 

Only occasionally has she worn the glasses which corrected her errors of refraction. 
 Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forens... 