refrangibility
- a word derived from refrangible.
Example Sentences
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The principle that the refrangibility of light is altered by end-on motion was enunciated by Christian Doppler of Prague in 1842.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
Vogel’s observations on the 9th of June 1871, of differences due to the sun’s rotation in the refrangibility of Fraunhofer lines derived respectively from the east and west limbs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
Stokes’s Law.—In all the substances examined by Stokes, the fluorescent light appeared to be of lower refrangibility than the light which excited it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Here, by the intervention of the platinum, the refrangibility is raised, so as to render the non-visual visual, and to this change I have given the name of Calorescence.
From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John
It was simply so lowered in refrangibility as to escape the visual range.
From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John
