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refractive

re·frac·tive
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ri-frak-tiv]
    • /rɪˈfræk tɪv/
    • /rɪˈfrækt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-frak-tiv]
    • /rɪˈfræk tɪv/

Definitions of refractive word

  • adjective refractive of or relating to refraction. 1
  • adjective refractive Also, refractile. having power to refract. 1
  • adjective refractive of or concerned with refraction 0
  • adjective refractive (of a material or substance) capable of causing refraction 0
See all 4 definitions of refractive

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Origin of refractive

First appearance:

before 1665
One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1665-75, refractive is from the Late Latin word refrāctīvus (of pronouns) reflexive. See refract, -ive

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Parts of speech for Refractive

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Refractive

refractive popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • dispersive power

    a measure of the ability of a substance to disperse light, equal to the quotient of the difference in refractive indices of the substance for two representative wavelengths divided by the difference of the refractive index for an intermediate wavelength and 1.

  • angle of deviation

    the angle between the direction of the refracted ray and the direction of the incident ray when a ray of light passes from one medium to another

  • anomalous dispersion

    a sudden change in the refractive index of a material for wavelengths in the vicinity of absorption bands in the spectrum of the material.

  • astigmatism

    If someone has astigmatism, the front of their eye has a slightly irregular shape, so they cannot see properly.

  • diopter

    Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.

  • emmetropia

    The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
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