REFRACTIVE
\ɹɪfɹˈaktɪv], \ɹɪfɹˈaktɪv], \ɹ_ɪ_f_ɹ_ˈa_k_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of REFRACTIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)
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of or relating to or capable of refraction; "the refractive characteristics of the eye"
By Princeton University
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capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)
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of or relating to or capable of refraction; "the refractive characteristics of the eye"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.
By Oddity Software
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Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.
By Noah Webster.
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REFRACTIVENESS.
By Daniel Lyons
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REFRACTIVENESS.
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Of or pertaining to refraction.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Pertaining to refraction.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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