refractive
refractive adjective: that refracts; causing or relating to refraction.
Adjective
refractive (comparative more refractive, superlative most refractive)
- That refracts; causing or relating to refraction.
refractive meaning in Hindi
refractive in Hindi
- refractive, refracting
- अपवर्ती apvartī
Examples of refractive in a sentence
- Stenopaeic slit refraction is usually attempted when retinoscopy and more conventional subjective refractive techniques, i.e.
- This makes the estimation of the refractive index of the turbid liquid quite problematic.
- The range of the refractive indices for the half-degree fractions indicated the presence of nonanaphthenes and isononanes.
Forms of refractive
| comparative | more refractive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most refractive |
Origin of refractive
From refract + -ive.
Words formed from refractive
Phrases with refractive
Words that rhyme with refractive
- active
- inactive
- reactive
- attractive
- extractive
- protractive
- abstractive
- factive
- hyperactive
- interactive
- radioactive
- subtractive
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Questions about refractive
- What does refractive mean?
- Refractive means that refracts; causing or relating to refraction.
- What is refractive in Hindi?
- Refractive in Hindi is अपवर्ती (apvartī). See Refractive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is refractive?
- Refractive is an adjective.
Words near refractive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: refractive (page history and authors); अपवर्ती (Hindi) (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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