Synonyms for "refract" (21 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

bendbiascrookcurvedeflect

Strong matches (6)

deviatediffractdiffusedispersedistortdiverge

Related words (10)

divertdogleghairpinpullscatterskewturntwistwarpzigzag

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

5 entries

ascertaindeterminefindfind outsubject

Related terms

6 entries

reflectrefractionrefractiverefractoryrefrangiblerefringent

derived

9 entries

nonrefractingrefractablerefractingrefracting telescoperefractometerrefractometricrefractometryrefractorunrefracting

has context

1 entries

optics

manner of

2 entries

determinesubject

related to

8 entries

directionmediumreflectrefractionrefractiverefractoryrefrangiblerefringent

Translations

28 translations across 15 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

• пречупвам verb (to cause to change direction)
• пречупвам се verb (to change direction)

Dutch

2 entries

• breken verb (to change direction)
• breken verb (to cause to change direction)

Finnish

2 entries

• taittaa verb (to cause to change direction)
• taittua verb (to change direction)

French

1 entries

• réfracter verb (to cause to change direction)

German

1 entries

• brechen verb (to cause to change direction)

Ido

2 entries

• refraktar verb (to change direction)
• refraktar verb (to cause to change direction)

Irish

1 entries

• athraon verb (to cause to change direction)

Italian

2 entries

• rifrangere verb (to change direction)
• rifrangersi verb (to cause to change direction)

Manx

2 entries

• aascellee verb (to change direction)
• aascellee verb (to cause to change direction)

Māori

2 entries

• hakoko verb (to change direction)
• whakahakoko verb (to cause to change direction)

Romanian

2 entries

• refracta verb (to change direction)
• refracta verb (to cause to change direction)

Russian

4 entries

• преломи́ть verb (to cause to change direction)
• преломи́ться verb (to change direction)
• преломля́ть verb (to cause to change direction)
• преломля́ться verb (to change direction)

Spanish

2 entries

• refractar verb (to change direction)
• refractar verb (to cause to change direction)

Swedish

1 entries

• bryta verb (to cause to change direction)

Ukrainian

2 entries

• заломлювати verb (to cause to change direction)
• заломлюватися verb (to change direction)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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A prism can refract light.

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