refract
refract verb: of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).
Verb
refract (third-person singular simple present refracts, present participle refracting, simple past and past participle refracted)
- Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).
- To mediate; to alter; to distort.
- To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
- To measure, and often also to correct with lenses, the refractive error of (an eye) or the eyes of (a person).
- A prism can refract light.
refract meaning in Tamil and Bengali
refract in Tamil
- கோட்டமுறு, கதிர் சித்ர்வுறு, கதிர்ச்சிதர்மூலம் உண்டுபண்ணு
refract in Bengali
- প্রতিসরিত করা
Forms of refract
| third-person singular present | refracts |
|---|---|
| present participle | refracting |
| past participle | refracted |
| past | refracted |
Origin of refract
From Latin refrāctum, neuter form of refrāctus, the past participle of refringō, itself from re- (“again”) + frangō (“to break”).
Words formed from refract
Words that rhyme with refract
Questions about refract
- What does refract mean?
- Refract means of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).
- What is refract in Tamil?
- Refract in Tamil is கோட்டமுறு, கதிர் சித்ர்வுறு, கதிர்ச்சிதர்மூலம் உண்டுபண்ணு. See Refract meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is refract?
- Refract is a verb.
- What is the past tense of refract?
- The past tense of refract is refracted.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: refract (page history and authors); refract (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refract (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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