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refractor

/ɹɪˈfɹæktə(ɹ)/

refractor noun: a refracting telescope.

Noun

refractor (plural refractors)

  1. A refracting telescope.
  2. anything which refracts light, heat or sound

refractor meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Bengali

refractor in Hindi

refractor
अपवर्तक apvartak, अपवर्ती दूरदर्शी apvartī dūrdarśī

refractor in Tamil

முறிகருவி, தெறியாடி

refractor in Bengali

প্রতিসরণকারী টেলিস্কোপ, তাপ, শব্দ প্রতিসরণ করে

Forms of refractor

pluralrefractors

Origin of refractor

From refract + -or.

Words formed from refractor

Words that rhyme with refractor

16 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about refractor

What does refractor mean?
Refractor means a refracting telescope.
What is refractor in Hindi?
Refractor in Hindi is अपवर्तक (apvartak), अपवर्ती दूरदर्शी (apvartī dūrdarśī). See Refractor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is refractor?
Refractor is a noun.
How do you pronounce refractor?
Refractor is pronounced /ɹɪˈfɹæktə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of refractor?
The plural of refractor is refractors.

Words near refractor in the dictionary

  1. refractometers
  2. refractometric
  3. refractometrically
  4. refractometries
  5. refractometry
  6. refractor
  7. refractories
  8. refractorily
  9. refractoriness
  10. refractority
  11. refractors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refractor (page history and authors); अपवर्तक (Hindi) (page history and authors); refractor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refractor (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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