refract
- to subject to refraction.
- to determine the refractive condition of (an eye).
Origin of refract
Related Words for refracted
swerve, pervert, deform, twist, hook, verge, curl, angle, droop, tilt, yaw, lean, spiral, stoop, warp, circle, flex, crouch, detour, zigzagExamples from the Web for refracted
Contemporary Examples of refracted
The stories are splintered and refracted, the progressions coiled.
It offers the kind of refracted, wormhole narrative that generates comparisons to David Mitchell—deserved in this case.
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Her encounters with Seán—the supposed love of her life, as she frequently states—are hazy, refracted through money and commodity.
And in all that refracted glamour there's an empathetic eye, a sadness that speaks.
Historical Examples of refracted
Everything he sees is refracted in the waters of his subjectivity, from which he cannot escape.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
He looked at it, and looked, and saw that it refracted the light.
A SimpletonCharles Reade
A little warmth came into them and into his cheeks, refracted from her bloom.
The Forsyte Saga, CompleteJohn Galsworthy
Because the light reflected from the objects at the bottom is refracted as it leaves the water.
The Reason WhyAnonymous
Lights entering a diamond are reflected, refracted and dispersed.
The Wonder Book of KnowledgeVarious
refract
- to cause to undergo refraction
- to measure the refractive capabilities of (the eye, a lens, etc)
Word Origin for refract
Word Origin and History for refracted
refract
"to bend" (light, sound, heat, etc.), 1610s, back-formation from refraction, and in part from Latin refractus, past participle of refringere. Related: Refracted; refracting.
refract
(rĭ-frăkt′)- To deflect something, especially light, from a straight path by refraction.
- To determine the refraction of an eye or a lens.