refraction

refraction is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.
2. noun. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved.
3. noun. The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction.
4. noun. The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude.
5. noun. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

   Synonyms: deflection, deflexion

6. noun. the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another

Synonyms

deflection, deflexion

Common word forms

refractions, refractional

Words from these letters

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