refractivity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of refractivity
Example Sentences
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Here the chemist has only succeeded in making a paste or glass having limpidity and a somewhat high refractivity, but wanting the hardness and “fire” of the real stone.
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This low refractivity is noteworthy as strongly antagonistic to the view at one time favoured by eminent chemists that argon was a condensed form of nitrogen represented by N3.
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Boron dissolves in molten aluminium, and on cooling, transparent, almost colourless crystals are obtained, possessing a lustre, hardness and refractivity near that of the diamond.
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In air and other gases, at ordinary pressures, the dispersion is very small, because the refractivity is small.
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Glasses can now be made differing considerably both in refractivity and dispersive power.
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