refraction

See also: réfraction

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refraction

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refrāctiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈfɹækʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

refraction (countable and uncountable, plural refractions)

1. (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.
2. (metallurgy) The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat

Derived terms

• angle of refraction
• astronomical refraction
• astronomic refraction
• atmospheric refraction
• autorefraction
• double refraction
• photorefraction

Related terms

• refractive
• refractory

Translations

bending of any wave

Afrikaans: refraksie Bulgarian: пречупване (bg) n (prečupvane) Catalan: refracció f Chinese: Mandarin: 折射 (zh) (zhéshè) Czech: lom (cs) m, refrakce f Danish: brydning c, refraktion c Dutch: refractie (nl) f Esperanto: refrakto Finnish: taittuminen (fi) French: réfraction (fr) f German: Brechung (de) f, Refraktion f Greek: διάθλαση (el) f (diáthlasi) Hebrew: שבירה f (sh'virá) Hindi: अपवर्तन (hi) (apvartan) Hungarian: fénytörés (hu), refrakció (hu) Icelandic: ljósbrot (is) n Ido: refrakto (io) Indonesian: refraksi (id), pembiasan (id) Italian: rifrazione (it) f Japanese: 屈折 (ja) (くっせつ, kussetsu) Korean: 굴절 (ko) (guljeol) Malay: pembiasan Malayalam: അപവർത്തനം (apavaṟttanaṁ) Manx: aascellaght f Maori: hakokotanga, whakahakokotanga Polish: refrakcja (pl) f Portuguese: refração (pt) f Romanian: refracție (ro) f Russian: преломле́ние (ru) n (prelomlénije), рефра́кция (ru) f (refrákcija) Spanish: refracción (es) f Swedish: refraktion (sv) c Tagalog: saliko Telugu: వక్రీభవనము (te) (vakrībhavanamu) Thai: การหักเห (th) (gaan-hàk-hěe) Turkish: kırılma (tr), kırılım (tr)

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