Refracting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of refraction.

    "Imaginal forms are virtual but fully individual refractings of light, or individual souls conceived as immaterial but distinct 'imaginings' of God."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of refract form-of, gerund, participle, present

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bendbiascrookcurvedeflectdeviate

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"Tom bought a refracting telescope."

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