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re·fract (r

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tr.v. re·fract·ed, re·fract·ing, re·fracts

1. To deflect (light, for example) from a straight path by refraction.

2. To alter by viewing through a medium: "In the Quartet reality is refracted through a variety of eyes" (Elizabeth Kastor).

3. Medicine To determine the refraction of (an eye, for example).

[Latin refringere, refrct-, to break up : re-, re- + frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

Translations

refracting [rɪˈfræktɪŋ] ADJ refracting telescope → telescopio m de refracción, telescopio m refractor

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