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Refract is an English word with synonyms like subject or determine. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Refract meaning

  1. 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).
  2. To mediate; to alter; to distort.
  3. To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.

Synonyms of Refract

subject determine find find out ascertain

Related words

Other words often associated with Refract or its synonyms:

see check hear discover learn watch control specify fix breakthrough individual capable

Using Refract

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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). | To mediate; to alter; to distort. | To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
  • Useful related words include: subject, determine, find, find out.
  • In the example corpus, refract often appears in combinations such as: to refract, and refract, refract at.

Context around Refract

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

contemporary 1× light 1× high 1× away 1×

Sentence patterns with Refract

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

after they refract and increase 1× allowed to refract and reflect 1× and to refract around coastal 1× colors that refract the sun 1× gases to refract high frequency 1× lenses to refract light when 1× means to refract contemporary fears 1× ray and refract 50 since 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a surface cannot 1× all other crystals 1× as a means 1× here each ray 1× russell it s 1× separation occurs when 1×

Common sentence endings:

at different angles 2× around coastal features 1× down to ground 1× higher sound speed 1× it passes through 1× of the waves 1×

Words around Refract

Just before it in the word index:

refounding 3 refounded 8 refound 6 refoulement 6 refortified 2 reformulations 3

Just after it in the word index:

refracted 48 refracting 16 refraction 110 refractions 7 refractive 123 refractometer 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Refract

  • In this selection, "refract" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, contemporary, light and high stand out and add context to how "refract" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after they refract and increase and allowed to refract and reflect. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "refract" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with refract

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Here, each ray was allowed to refract and reflect up to 9 times. (13 words)

These internal waves continue to flow eastward and to refract around coastal features. (13 words)

The waves converge constructively after they refract and increase the sizes of the waves. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Thanks to the property of ionized atmospheric gases to refract high frequency (HF, or shortwave ) radio waves, the ionosphere can be utilized to "bounce" a transmitted signal down to ground. (30 words)

Separation occurs when the refractive index inside the prism varies with wavelength, so different wavelengths propagate at different speeds inside the prism, causing them to refract at different angles. (29 words)

Russell, it’s called Atmospheric Turbulence: Earth's atmosphere causes the light from stars to refract in different directions due to variations in temperature, pressure, and density. (27 words)

Example sentences (14)

As a means to refract contemporary fears, anxieties, and pressures, the horror genre, almost by design, must resist censoring or constraining the terror on screen.

Russell, it’s called Atmospheric Turbulence: Earth's atmosphere causes the light from stars to refract in different directions due to variations in temperature, pressure, and density.

Toyota Motor Corp. has also been experimenting with paint that delivers lower cabin temperatures, mostly focusing on colors that refract the sun’s rays.

Traditional cameras are designed to stack multiple glass lenses to refract light when capturing images.

All other crystals are anisotropic: light passing through them is broken up into two plane polarized rays that travel at different speeds and refract at different angles.

A surface cannot, for instance, reflect 66% of an incoming light ray, and refract 50%, since the two would add up to be 116%.

Here, each ray was allowed to refract and reflect up to 9 times.

Separation occurs when the refractive index inside the prism varies with wavelength, so different wavelengths propagate at different speeds inside the prism, causing them to refract at different angles.

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Some of the ray will reflect off the boundary, and some will refract as it passes through.

Thanks to the property of ionized atmospheric gases to refract high frequency (HF, or shortwave ) radio waves, the ionosphere can be utilized to "bounce" a transmitted signal down to ground.

The bathymetry of the sea bottom in Mission Bay has a wedge shape formation that causes the waves to refract as they become closer to the jetty.

These internal waves continue to flow eastward and to refract around coastal features.

The waves converge constructively after they refract and increase the sizes of the waves.

Water pressure also affects sound propagation: higher pressure increases the sound speed, which causes the sound waves to refract away from the area of higher sound speed.

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Common combinations with refract

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "refract" in a sentence?
An example: "As a means to refract contemporary fears, anxieties, and pressures, the horror genre, almost by design, must resist censoring or constraining the terror on screen." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "refract" from authentic English texts.
What does "refract" mean?
Refract means: 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).
What are synonyms of "refract"?
Common synonyms of "refract" include: subject, determine, find, find out, ascertain.
How many example sentences with "refract" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "refract", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.