refract

verb
🔊/rɪˈfrækt/
🔊/rɪˈfrækt/
(physics物理)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they refract
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he / she / it refracts
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past simple refracted
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past participle refracted
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-ing form refracting
🔊/rɪˈfræktɪŋ/
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  1. refract something (of water, air, glass, etc.水、空气、玻璃等) to make waves, such as those of light, sound or energy, change direction when they go through at an angle使(光波、声波、能量波等)折射;使产生折射
    • Light is refracted when passed through a prism.光通过棱镜时产生折射。🔊🔊
    Topics Physics and chemistryc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin refract- ‘broken up’, from the verb refringere, from re- ‘back’ + frangere ‘to break’.