refract

Meanings

• Verb

  Cause (light or a wave) to bend when passing through a medium or interface, typically making the wave change direction.

  - "Light is refracted as it passes through a prism."
  - "The prism refracts light into its constituent colors."

• Verb

  Bend or distort, especially in an unusual or exaggerated way.

  - "The mirror refracted her image in an unusual way."
  - "His words were refracted through the prism of his experiences."

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Rhymes

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refrain , rain , pain , strain

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Variants

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refract , refracted , refracting , refracts

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'refractus' meaning 'broken back', due to the way light bends when it passes through a medium.

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Trivia

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1. Refracted light was first observed by Ibn Sahl in the 10th century.

2. The human eye contains a fluid called the vitreous humor that refracts light to focus on the retina.

3. Refractive index is a fundamental property of a medium and is a dimensionless quantity.

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Related Concepts

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1. Refraction Index: A dimensionless quantity that describes the degree of bending of light as it passes through a medium.

2. Snell's Law: A physical law describing the relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction, and the refractive indices of two media.

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Culture

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Refract is a scientific term primarily used in optics and wave physics. It has been extensively studied and used in various applications, from designing lenses and prisms for telescopes to understanding the behavior of light in different mediums.

How to Memorize "refract"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a beam of light passing through a prism and bending as it exits. Visualize the different colors of the spectrum separating as the light refracts.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'refract' with 'prism' and 'bending'. Remember that refracted light bends as it passes through a medium.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain' to remember the order of the colors in the visible spectrum: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.

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