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refractive

refractive adjective: that refracts; causing or relating to refraction.

Adjective

refractive (comparative more refractive, superlative most refractive)

  1. 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.

All 13 example sentences with refractive

Forms of refractive

comparativemore refractive
superlativemost refractive

Origin of refractive

From refract + -ive.

Words formed from refractive

Phrases with refractive

Words that rhyme with refractive

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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

  1. refractionating
  2. refractionist
  3. refractionists
  4. refractions
  5. refractious
  6. refractive
  7. refractive error
  8. refractive index
  9. refractive indices
  10. refractive power
  11. refractive powers

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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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