English words for 'Able to refract, refractive'
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verb
- subject to refraction
- determine the refracting power of (a lens)
- (transitive, physics) Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).
- (transitive, optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
- (transitive, ophthalmology) To measure, and often also to correct with lenses, the refractive error of (an eye) or the eyes of (a person).
- (transitive, figurative) To mediate; to alter; to distort.
adj
- able to refract light without spectral color separation
- (not comparable, optics) Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
- based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones
- being or having or characterized by hue
- (biology) Relating to chromatin (a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division).
- (Ancient Greece, historical) One of three types of tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an interval between half and four-fifths of the total interval of a tetrachord.
- (comparable) Brightly coloured; colourful, vivid.
- Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written.
- (not comparable) Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue.
- (not comparable, graph theory) Relating to colorings of graphs.
noun
- Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
- (baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.
- (soccer) A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick
- (often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
- (figurative) An illusion; a mirage.
- Rainbow trout.
- (poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
- A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
- (figuratively, sometimes derogatory) A person within the LGBT community.
- an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
- an illusory hope
adj
- Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.
- (attributive, sometimes derogatory) LGBT.
- (poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.
- (mathematics, cryptography) Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.
- (attributive, chiefly US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
verb
- (transitive) To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
- (intransitive) To take the appearance of a rainbow.
- (climbing) In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.
verb
- (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disseminate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
- (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.
- cause to become widely known
- cause to separate
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- move away from each other
- separate (light) into spectral rays
- distribute loosely
adj
adj
noun
verb
verb
- emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
- reflect brightly
- fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
- give off
- be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
- (intransitive) To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
- (astronomy) Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle.
- (intransitive) To dazzle or to impress.
- (nuclear physics) Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- edible marine gastropod
- small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
- A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
- Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus or Busycon carica.
- (childish, slang) The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
noun
- an optical device for projecting a beam of light
- an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen
- An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.
- Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
- (mathematics) An operator that forms a projection.
- That which projects or launches something.
- (psychology) One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.
noun
- optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index
- a glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk
- (optics) A variety of glass used in lenses and other optical components due to its low refractive index and dispersion. Originally crown glass was made from alkali-lime silicates with approximately 10% potassium oxide, but similar properties may be attained with other recipes.
- An early type of window glass made by blowing glass into a hollow globe (crown) and then flattening it on a punty, reheating and spinning out into a flat disk by centrifugal force.
noun
- Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
- (baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.
- (soccer) A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick
- (often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
- (figurative) An illusion; a mirage.
- Rainbow trout.
- (poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
- A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
- (figuratively, sometimes derogatory) A person within the LGBT community.
- an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
- an illusory hope
adj
- Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.
- (attributive, sometimes derogatory) LGBT.
- (poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.
- (mathematics, cryptography) Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.
- (attributive, chiefly US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
verb
- (transitive) To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
- (intransitive) To take the appearance of a rainbow.
- (climbing) In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.
noun
- an optical device for projecting a beam of light
- an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen
- An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.
- Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
- (mathematics) An operator that forms a projection.
- That which projects or launches something.
- (psychology) One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.
noun
- optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index
- a glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk
- (optics) A variety of glass used in lenses and other optical components due to its low refractive index and dispersion. Originally crown glass was made from alkali-lime silicates with approximately 10% potassium oxide, but similar properties may be attained with other recipes.
- An early type of window glass made by blowing glass into a hollow globe (crown) and then flattening it on a punty, reheating and spinning out into a flat disk by centrifugal force.
verb
- subject to refraction
- determine the refracting power of (a lens)
- (transitive, physics) Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).
- (transitive, optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
- (transitive, ophthalmology) To measure, and often also to correct with lenses, the refractive error of (an eye) or the eyes of (a person).
- (transitive, figurative) To mediate; to alter; to distort.
verb
- (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disseminate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
- (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.
- cause to become widely known
- cause to separate
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- move away from each other
- separate (light) into spectral rays
- distribute loosely
adj
verb
- emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
- reflect brightly
- fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
- give off
- be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
- (intransitive) To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
- (astronomy) Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle.
- (intransitive) To dazzle or to impress.
- (nuclear physics) Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- edible marine gastropod
- small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
- A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
- Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus or Busycon carica.
- (childish, slang) The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
adj
- able to refract light without spectral color separation
- (not comparable, optics) Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
- based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones
- being or having or characterized by hue
- (biology) Relating to chromatin (a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division).
- (Ancient Greece, historical) One of three types of tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an interval between half and four-fifths of the total interval of a tetrachord.
- (comparable) Brightly coloured; colourful, vivid.
- Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written.
- (not comparable) Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue.
- (not comparable, graph theory) Relating to colorings of graphs.