refrangible

American  

[ri-fran-juh-buhl] / rɪˈfræn dʒə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being refracted, as rays of light.

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refrangible British  

/ rɪˈfrændʒɪbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being refracted

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Other Word Forms

• refrangibility noun
• refrangibleness noun
• unrefrangible adjective

Etymology

Origin of refrangible

First recorded in 1665–75; re- + frangible

Example Sentences

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 Newton, Isaac, Sir

This is necessary, because the focus of the least refrangible or red rays is longer than that of the more refrangible or blue rays.

From Colour Measurement and Mixture by Abney, W. de W.

Violets reflect the most refrangible most copiously, and thence have their Colour, and so of other Bodies.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

But were all the Rays of Light equally refrangible, the Error arising only from the Sphericalness of the Figures of Glasses would be many hundred times less.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

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 Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir