Refraction
noun
The bending of light as it passes through a different medium or envirnonment.
When a light ray enters water from air, refraction occurs and it appears to change its path.
Often appears as...
- light refraction
- refraction of waves
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Technical
noun
A measurement of the focusing characteristics of an eye or the eyes.
The optometrist performed a refraction to examine the degree of my nearsightedness.
Often appears as...
- refraction test
- refraction error
noun
The process of changing direction of a wave as it passes from one environment to another.
Refraction also occurs with waves other than light, such as sound waves and water waves.
Often appears as...
- wave refraction
- refraction angle
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Technical
noun
The bending of light as it passes through a different medium or envirnonment.
When a light ray enters water from air, refraction occurs and it appears to change its path.
Often appears as...
- light refraction
- refraction of waves
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A measurement of the focusing characteristics of an eye or the eyes.
The optometrist performed a refraction to examine the degree of my nearsightedness.
Often appears as...
- refraction test
- refraction error
noun
The process of changing direction of a wave as it passes from one environment to another.
Refraction also occurs with waves other than light, such as sound waves and water waves.
Often appears as...
- wave refraction
- refraction angle
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Reality versus Perception
Refraction can be deceptive, making objects appear differently than where they are actually situated.
An oar in water will look bent due to refraction.
Pro Tip 2/3Type of Medium Matters
Different materials cause light to refract in different ways; this is why objects look distorted under water.
Glasses correct vision through controlled refraction.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Occurrence
Refraction occurs in everyday life, such as the bending of light creating rainbows.
Sunsets appear elongated due to refraction in Earth's atmosphere.
Pro Tip 1/3Reality versus Perception
Refraction can be deceptive, making objects appear differently than where they are actually situated.
An oar in water will look bent due to refraction.
Pro Tip 2/3Type of Medium Matters
Different materials cause light to refract in different ways; this is why objects look distorted under water.
Glasses correct vision through controlled refraction.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Occurrence
Refraction occurs in everyday life, such as the bending of light creating rainbows.
Sunsets appear elongated due to refraction in Earth's atmosphere.
Pro Tip 1/3Reality versus Perception
Refraction can be deceptive, making objects appear differently than where they are actually situated.
An oar in water will look bent due to refraction.
Pro Tip 2/3Type of Medium Matters
Different materials cause light to refract in different ways; this is why objects look distorted under water.
Glasses correct vision through controlled refraction.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Occurrence
Refraction occurs in everyday life, such as the bending of light creating rainbows.
Sunsets appear elongated due to refraction in Earth's atmosphere.
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Watch the Total Solar...
a beautiful because you know usually the reason that dusk is so pink is that the Sun is setting low on horizon in lots of atmosphere atmosphere away an atmosphere turns things kind of pinkish oranges and since the Sun is high in the sky we're seeing it through the typical apps right you don't have the refraction that you
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How do glasses help us...
Today, glasses can help millions of people with poor vision due to uncorrected refractive errors. The key to understanding what that means lies with the term refraction, the ability of a transparent medium, like glass, water,
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
a beautiful because you know usually the reason that dusk is so pink is that the Sun is setting low on horizon in lots of atmosphere atmosphere away an atmosphere turns things kind of pinkish oranges and since the Sun is high in the sky we're seeing it through the typical apps right you don't have the refraction that you
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How do glasses help us...
Today, glasses can help millions of people with poor vision due to uncorrected refractive errors. The key to understanding what that means lies with the term refraction, the ability of a transparent medium, like glass, water,
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Ernst Mach
Austrian Physicist
Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the whole of astronomy, whereas nothing is required but an easily effected and unimportant correction to put everything right again.
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Dan Harmon
American Writer
I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there's a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass.
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Peter Higgs
British Physicist
The model I came up with in 1964 is just the invention of a rather strange sort of medium that looks the same in all directions and produces a kind of refraction that is a little bit more complicated than that of light in glass or water.
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Neil Blumenthal
American Businessman
Exploring emerging technologies like new refraction technology will enable people to get prescriptions cheaper and more conveniently, which will, in turn, provide increased access to prescription glasses.
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Diana Gabaldon
American Author
I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality.
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Ernst Mach
Austrian Physicist
Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the whole of astronomy, whereas nothing is required but an easily effected and unimportant correction to put everything right again.
Quote examples
Dan Harmon
American Writer
I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there's a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass.
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Peter Higgs
British Physicist
The model I came up with in 1964 is just the invention of a rather strange sort of medium that looks the same in all directions and produces a kind of refraction that is a little bit more complicated than that of light in glass or water.
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Neil Blumenthal
American Businessman
Exploring emerging technologies like new refraction technology will enable people to get prescriptions cheaper and more conveniently, which will, in turn, provide increased access to prescription glasses.
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Diana Gabaldon
American Author
I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality.
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