Antonyms for refract

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-frakt

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfrækt

Definition of refract

Origin : "to bend" (light, sound, heat, etc.), 1610s, back-formation from refraction, and in part from Latin refractus, past participle of refringere. Related: Refracted; refracting.

verb bend

Example sentences :

“Well, I hope it will refract some of the gold when we get there,” said Mark.
Extract from : « Dead Man's Land » by George Manville Fenn

Because they refract the rays of light in the same manner as the rain drops.
Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous

Because the light vapours of the air, which are condensed as the sun sets, refract the rays of light, and produce red rays.
Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous

Ions in the air act like drops of mist; they refract sunshine and make rainbows after rain.
Extract from : « Operation Terror » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

In the mean while another Prism abc is to be fixed next after that hole g, to refract the trajected Light a second time.
Extract from : « Opticks » by Isaac Newton

Nevertheless they are quite sufficient to interfere with and refract the light rays and to split them up prismatically.
Extract from : « The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones » by John Mastin

Its rays pass through prisms formed so as to refract impinging light into desired paths with but little loss.
Extract from : « Inventors at Work » by George Iles

In the Phædrus, which is the supplement of the Symposion, he made it refract something approaching the splendor of truth revealed.
Extract from : « Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern » by Edgar Saltus

We see, then, that the effect which a fog produces is mainly to refract the light rays.
Extract from : « Marvels of Scientific Invention » by Thomas W. Corbin

Synonyms for refract

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