refracting
present participle ofrefract
refract
verb[T]
physicsspecializeduk/rɪˈfrækt/us/rɪˈfrækt/Whenwaterorglass, etc. refractslightorsound, etc., itcausesit tochangedirectionor toseparatewhen ittravelsthrough it:
Theglassprismrefracted thewhitelightintothecoloursof therainbow.
Physics: optics, microscopy & lasers
- anti-reflection
- anti-reflective
- chromatic aberration
- concentrator
- converging lens
- dispersion
- electron microscope
- laser
- lens
- magnification
- magnify
- magnifying glass
- polarize
- polarized
- polarizer
- reflect
- reflecting telescope
- reflection
- refracting telescope
- slide
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The tonal variety accorded it, first by the cello, then the viola, does seem to mirror therefractingeffect of water on the visible.
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In the case of rainbows, it is the lightrefractingand reflecting off water droplets, not light reflecting off the rainbows themselves, that permits rainbows to be seen.
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He reported having observed that those elements consisted of a fully transparent, stronglyrefractingsubstance, and that they were shaped like palisades and had smooth surfaces.
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The observatory's main feature was arefractingtelescope with 1800mm focal length.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Furthermore, chromatic aberrations can be corrected by using two or morerefractingmaterials over the full visible range.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They serve important symbolic functions such as capturing,refracting, and legitimating social knowledge and values.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its crystals are doublyrefracting, and exhibit a banded structure in polarized light.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Suppose a doublyrefractingmineral section so placed that it is extinguished; if now is rotated through 45 degrees it will be brightly illuminated.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.High power is useful in penetrating buildings, diffracting around hills, andrefractingin the dense atmosphere near the horizon for some distance beyond the horizon.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In contrast, the play of colours in opal is caused by lightrefractingfrom ordered microscopic silica spheres within its physical structure.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It consists of two observatory buildings housing an 11 inch (28 cm) and 16 inch (41 cm) aperturerefractingtelescope.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The difficulties with the impractical metal mirrors of reflecting telescopes led to the construction of largerefractingtelescopes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This telescope was the largestrefractingtelescope at that time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Five times, the firm built the largestrefractingtelescopes in the world.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Refractingtelescopes can come in many different configurations to correct for image orientation and types of aberration.
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