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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Here, by the interposition of the platinum foil, the refrangibility of the ultra-red rays is so exalted as to render them visible.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
These colours follow each other in order of refrangibility, reproducing all the colours of the spectrum in order except the blue rays which are scattered in the sky.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
He, by the interposition of a proper medium, so lowered the refrangibility of the ultraviolet rays of the spectrum as to render them visible.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
This, however, is not the case with ordinary refracting media, the refrangibility generally increasing more and more rapidly as the wave-length diminishes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
Thus, too, the known refrangibility of light and heat lately produced the inquiry whether sound also is not refrangible; which on trial it turns out to be.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer
