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Verb: refract  ri'frakt
  1. (optics) subject to refraction
    "refract a light beam"
     
  2. Determine the refracting power of (a lens)
    "The optometrist refracted the new glasses"

Derived forms: refracted, refracting, refracts

Type of: ascertain, determine, find, find out, subject

Encyclopedia: Refract