refraction
Refraction is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter R and ends with the letter N for which we found 4 definitions.
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| (n.) The act of refracting or the state of being refracted. |
| (n.) The change in the direction of ray of light heat or the like when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved. |
| (n.) The change in the direction of a ray of light and consequently in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction or astronomical refraction. |
| (n.) The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction in order to obtain the true altitude. |
Syllable Information
The word refraction is a 10 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for refraction is: re-frac-tion
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