refrangible
adjective
capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
refrangibility
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a word derived from
refrangible.
Example Sentences
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This is an illustration of what is called the aberration of refrangibility.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
Sir John, grown more confident, adduced the example of the Newtonian reflector, in which the refrangibility was corrected by the second speculum, and the angle of incidence restored by the third.'
From Myths and Marvels of Astronomy by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor
It corresponds in refrangibility with the yellow band of the spectrum.
From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall
Newton has attempted to explain the different refrangibility of the rays of light by supposing them composed of particles differing in size.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
In small thicknesses water is sensibly transparent to all kinds of light; but, as the thickness increases, the rays of low refrangibility are first absorbed, and after them the other rays.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
