refrangible
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The Light therefore which emerged out of the two Prisms is compounded of Rays differently refrangible, seeing the more refrangible Rays may be taken out of it, while the less refrangible remain.
From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Sir Isaac Newton
The same statement applies to the more refrangible end.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
You have already seen that the fine blue ammonia-sulphate of copper transmits a large portion of green, while cutting off all the less refrangible light.
From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall
And the Point r taken in the middle Way between p and t, will be the like Limit for the meanly refrangible Rays.
From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Sir Isaac Newton
The more refrangible end of the spectrum is fainter than in the previous Class, and absorption bands are sometimes found towards the red end.
From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
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