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Word: Refraction
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century: from late Latin refractio(n-), from refringere ‘break up’ (see refract)
rɪˈfrakʃn
the fact or phenomenon of light, radio waves, etc. being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface between one medium and another or through a medium of varying density.
Short Definition:fact or phenomenon of light, radio waves, etc. being deflected in passing obliquely through interface between one medium and another or through medium
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