irrefrangible
Americanadjective
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not to be broken or violated; inviolable.
an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
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incapable of being refracted.
adjective
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not to be broken or transgressed; inviolable
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physics incapable of being refracted
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of irrefrangible
First recorded in 1710–20; ir- 2 + refrangible
Example Sentences
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This inconvertibility of yellow fever with other diseases is absolute, and affords irrefrangible evidence of the specificity of that germ or poisonous principle which produces it.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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