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refringency

refringency noun: the power of a substance to refract a ray.

Noun

refringency (usually uncountable, plural refringencies)

  1. (usually) The power of a substance to refract a ray.
    • The velocity with which a luminous ray passes through a given body depends exclusively on the refringency of this body and on the velocity of emission of the ray, on the velocity it had in vacuo1843, Richard Taylor, Scientific Memoirs

Forms of refringency

pluralrefringencies

Questions about refringency

What does refringency mean?
Refringency means the power of a substance to refract a ray.
What part of speech is refringency?
Refringency is a noun.
What is the plural of refringency?
The plural of refringency is refringencies.

Words near refringency in the dictionary

  1. refringe
  2. refringed
  3. refringence
  4. refringences
  5. refringencies
  6. refringency
  7. refringent
  8. refringes
  9. refringing
  10. refront
  11. refronted

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