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Refraction
//ɹəˈfɹækʃən//
"Refraction" in a Sentence (3 examples)
According to the data in this problem, can we affirm that reflection or refraction is going to occur?
The old corpuscular theory of light, which now seems so childishly incomplete to us, was adequate, none the less, for satisfactorily explaining the phenomena of reflection and refraction, and the finest telescopes have been built with its help.
Finally it must be added, that if the ophthalmoscopic estimation of refraction is to be exact, mydriasis by atropine is required, when, as is known, even emmetropic eyes may show a slight degree of hypermetropia.
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