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refracted

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1. refracted - Adjective

2. refracted - Verb

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of Refract

Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.

Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.

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Impossible; for how many people did you know who refracted your own light to you? Ray Bradbury

If the landscape changes, then I don't know who I am either. The landscape is a refracted autobiography. As it disappears you lose your sense of self. Iain Sinclair

A skip zone is an annular region between the farthest points at which the ground wave can be received and the nearest point at which the refracted sky waves can be received. Source: Internet

A hot-road mirage, "fake water" on the road, the most common example of an inferior mirage Light from the sky at a shallow angle to the road is refracted by the index gradient, making it appear as if the sky is reflected by the road's surface. Source: Internet

As light passes the border between media, depending upon the relative refractive indices of the two media, the light will either be refracted to a lesser angle, or a greater one. Source: Internet

At the surfaces of the prism, Snell's law predicts that light incident at an angle θ to the normal will be refracted at an angle arcsin(sin (θ) / n). Source: Internet

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