refraction
reflexion
reflection
Doppler shift
Doppler effect
traveling wave
travelling wave
propagation
undulatory theory
wave theory
wave theory of light
refractive
deflective
air wave
acoustic radiation pressure
antiplectic
undular
fluctuate
ripple
fluctuation
undulate
compression wave
deflection
intermodulation
shear wave
polarity
deflexion
kymatology
onbeam
waveward
acoustic wave
transverse wave
wavespeed
sound wave
Rayleigh wave
distortion
modulate
path loss
traveltime
multimessenger
shaky
wavewise
fixed wave
tideway
chop
frequency modulation
telephony
acoustic shadow
infrasonic
sound energy
stationary wave
radiophysics
rippling
beckoning
waving
standing wave
radiate
gravity wave
space wave
carrier wave
gravitation wave
chopping
microwave
wind swell
Huygens' principle
blueshifted
acoustic phenomenon
reverberate
polarisation
counterwavy
shake
carrier
undulation
polarization
wavelet
intersonic
waveguide
riffle
backscattering
splishy
detection
chirplet
cnoidal
curl
interwave
broach

English words for 'the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another'

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