refractor

English

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refractor

Wikipedia

Etymology

From refract +‎ -or.

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Noun

refractor (plural refractors)

1. A refracting telescope.
2. anything which refracts light, heat or sound

Derived terms

• autorefractor
• Galilean refractor
• photorefractor

See also

• reflector

Interlingua

Noun

refractor (plural refractores)

1. refractor

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French réfracteur or German Refraktor.

Noun

refractor n (plural refractoare)

1. refractor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	refractor	refractorul		refractoare	refractoarele
genitive-dative	refractor	refractorului		refractoare	refractoarelor
vocative	refractorule			refractoarelor

Spanish

Adjective

refractor (feminine refractora, masculine plural refractores, feminine plural refractoras)

1. refracting

Noun

refractor m (plural refractores)

1. refractor

Further reading

• “refractor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024