refrangible
[ ri-fran-juh-buh l ]
/ rɪˈfræn dʒə bəl /
adjective
capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
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OTHER WORDS FROM refrangible
re·fran·gi·ble·ness, re·fran·gi·bil·i·ty, nounun·re·fran·gi·ble, adjectiveWords nearby refrangible
refractory period, refractory state, refracture, refrain, reframe, refrangible, refreeze, refresco, refresh, refresh rate, refreshen
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Example sentences from the Web for refrangible
Light is decomposed by the prism, because its component parts are refrangible in different degrees, by the same refracting medium.
Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained|Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. JonesViolets reflect the most refrangible most copiously, and thence have their Colour, and so of other Bodies.
Opticks|Isaac NewtonMinium reflects the least refrangible or red-making Rays most copiously, and thence appears red.
Opticks|Isaac Newton
British Dictionary definitions for refrangible
refrangible
/ (rɪˈfrændʒɪbəl) /
adjective
capable of being refracted
Derived forms of refrangible
refrangibility or refrangibleness, nounWord Origin for refrangible
C17: from Latin refringere to break up, from re- + frangere to break
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