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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Refractive  \Re*fract"ive\  (r?*fr?kt"?v),  a.  [Cf.  F. 
  r['e]fractif.  See  {Refract}.] 
  Serving  or  having  power  to  refract,  or  turn  from  a  direct 
  course;  pertaining  to  refraction;  as  refractive  surfaces; 
  refractive  powers. 
 
  {Refractive  index}.  (Opt.)  See  {Index  of  refraction},  under 
  {Index}. 
 
  {Absolute  refractive  index}  (Opt.),  the  index  of  refraction 
  of  a  substances  when  the  ray  passes  into  it  from  a  vacuum. 
 
 
  {Relative  refractive  index}  (of  two  media)  (Opt.),  the  ratio 
  of  the  sine  of  the  angle  of  incidence  to  the  sine  of  the 
  angle  of  refraction  for  a  ray  passing  out  of  one  of  the 
  media  into  the  other 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  refractive 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  refraction;  "the  refractive 
  characteristics  of  the  eye" 
  2:  capable  of  changing  the  direction  (of  a  light  or  sound  wave) 
  [syn:  {deflective}]




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