refractive

refractive is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 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 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.
2. adjective. capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)

   Synonyms: deflective

3. adjective. of or relating to or capable of refraction

   "the refractive characteristics of the eye"

   Synonyms: refractile

Synonyms

deflective, refractile

Common word forms

refractively, refractiveness

Words from these letters

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