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verb 
  1. (context, intransitive, of light) To change direction as a result of entering a different medium
  2. (transitive) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a diffrent medium.
A prism can light.
Translations: 
  • Italian: rifrangersi
    (trans-mid) (trans-bottom)
Etymology: 
  • From refractum, past participle of refringere.


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