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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refract \Re*fract"\ (r?*fr$kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Refracted}; p. pr & vb n. {Refracting}.] [L. refractus p.
p. of refringere pref. re- re- + frangere to break: cf F.
r['e]fracter. SEe {FRacture}, and cf {Refrain}, n.]
1. To bend sharply and abruptly back to break off
2. To break the natural course of as rays of light orr heat,
when passing from one transparent medium to another of
different density; to cause to deviate from a direct
course by an action distinct from reflection; as a dense
medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from
a rare medium.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refracting \Re*fract"ing\, a.
Serving or tending to refract; as a refracting medium.
{Refracting angle of a prism} (Opt.), the angle of a
triangular prism included between the two sides through
which the refracted beam passes in the decomposition of
light.
{Refracting telescope}. (Opt.) See under {Telescope}.
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