Explore Refraction through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like deflection or bending. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Refraction meaning
- The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
- The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat
Synonyms of Refraction
Using Refraction
- The main meaning on this page is: The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density. | The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat
- Useful related words include: physical phenomenon, deflection, deflexion, bending.
- In the example corpus, refraction often appears in combinations such as: of refraction, refraction of, refraction and.
Context around Refraction
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Refraction
- In this selection, "refraction" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, direction, first, last, main, means and dispersion stand out and add context to how "refraction" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include index of refraction and 13 2 refraction and reflection. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "refraction" sits close to words such as admiring, aerosol and angolan, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with refraction
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The process involves the refraction, dispersion, and reflection of light. (10 words)
Most such efforts have involved creating aspherical lenses to counteract refraction problems. (12 words)
A gifted young student, he becomes interested in the science of refraction. (12 words)
This ray, named by Abbe a principal ray (not to be confused with the principal rays of the Gaussian theory), passes through the center of the entrance pupil before the first refraction, and the center of the exit pupil after the last refraction. (43 words)
Born and Wolf, sec.13.2, "Refraction and reflection at a metal surface" The refracted wave is exponentially attenuated, with exponent proportional to the imaginary component of the index of refraction. (31 words)
Light тАУ Reflection and Refraction, and The Human Eye and the Colorful World are chapters replete with diagrams and numerical questions, which if practised well, can boost one’s scores significantly. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Born and Wolf, sec.13.2, "Refraction and reflection at a metal surface" The refracted wave is exponentially attenuated, with exponent proportional to the imaginary component of the index of refraction.
Reflection occurs when light moves from a medium with one index of refraction into a second medium with a different index of refraction.
Refraction main Sinusoidal traveling plane wave entering a region of lower wave velocity at an angle, illustrating the decrease in wavelength and change of direction (refraction) that results.
This ray, named by Abbe a principal ray (not to be confused with the principal rays of the Gaussian theory), passes through the center of the entrance pupil before the first refraction, and the center of the exit pupil after the last refraction.
Among other things, the angle of refraction means that where you 'see' the fish is not actually where the fish is.
Light тАУ Reflection and Refraction, and The Human Eye and the Colorful World are chapters replete with diagrams and numerical questions, which if practised well, can boost one’s scores significantly.
The process involves the refraction, dispersion, and reflection of light.
Though it misses initially, it's revealed that Hagakure had survived the attacks as well and bounces the laser back even stronger with Warp Refraction technique.
What interested me even more was the velocity and refraction achieved by looking at a text through these differing lenses.
He explores concepts such as refraction, multiplication, disintegration, levitation, hybridity, and polyphony through various abstract works.
In short, you come to exist as a marginal refraction of your enemy and the centrality of his ignorance.
Most of the time Sun Dogs are caused by the refraction and scattering of light from ice crystals high in the freezing air.
Going under water mucks this all up because light moves through our eyeballs and water at almost the same speed, so there’s virtually no refraction.
In 2015, the Ministry of Health proposed a law which allowed opticians to perform refraction tests in certain specific circumstances.
Most such efforts have involved creating aspherical lenses to counteract refraction problems.
Meticulously crafted to display just the right amount of light refraction, the crystalline light bar scatters the RGB colors in a magnificent display of LED lighting.
A cloud illuminated by sunlight Refraction is the bending of light rays when passing through a surface between one transparent material and another.
A device which produces converging or diverging light rays due to refraction is known as a lens.
A gifted young student, he becomes interested in the science of refraction.
A glory is an optical phenomenon produced by light backscattered (a combination of diffraction, reflection and refraction ) towards its source by a cloud of uniformly sized water droplets.
Common combinations with refraction
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of refraction 36×
- refraction of 12×
- refraction and 11×
- and refraction 9×
- the refraction 9×
- refraction is 7×
- atmospheric refraction 4×
- refraction can 4×
- refraction that 2×
- as refraction 2×