According to the data in this problem, can we affirm that reflection or refraction is going to occur?
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Refraction
//ɹəˈfɹækʃən//
Synonyms for "refraction" (21 found)
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43 translations across 35 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- refraksie noun (bending of any wave)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пречупване noun (bending of any wave)
Catalan
1 entries- refracció noun (bending of any wave)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 折射 noun (bending of any wave)
Czech
2 entries- lom noun (bending of any wave)
- refrakce noun (bending of any wave)
Danish
2 entries- brydning noun (bending of any wave)
- refraktion noun (bending of any wave)
Dutch
1 entries- refractie noun (bending of any wave)
Esperanto
1 entries- refrakto noun (bending of any wave)
Finnish
1 entries- taittuminen noun (bending of any wave)
French
1 entries- réfraction noun (bending of any wave)
German
2 entries- Brechung noun (bending of any wave)
- Refraktion noun (bending of any wave)
Greek
1 entries- διάθλαση noun (bending of any wave)
Hebrew
1 entries- שבירה noun (bending of any wave)
Hindi
1 entries- अपवर्तन noun (bending of any wave)
Hungarian
2 entries- fénytörés noun (bending of any wave)
- refrakció noun (bending of any wave)
Icelandic
1 entries- ljósbrot noun (bending of any wave)
Ido
1 entries- refrakto noun (bending of any wave)
Indonesian
2 entries- pembiasan noun (bending of any wave)
- refraksi noun (bending of any wave)
Italian
1 entries- rifrazione noun (bending of any wave)
Japanese
1 entries- 屈折 noun (bending of any wave)
Korean
1 entries- 굴절 noun (bending of any wave)
Malay
1 entries- pembiasan noun (bending of any wave)
Malayalam
1 entries- അപവർത്തനം noun (bending of any wave)
Manx
1 entries- aascellaght noun (bending of any wave)
Māori
2 entries- hakokotanga noun (bending of any wave)
- whakahakokotanga noun (bending of any wave)
Polish
1 entries- refrakcja noun (bending of any wave)
Portuguese
1 entries- refração noun (bending of any wave)
Romanian
1 entries- refracție noun (bending of any wave)
Russian
2 entries- преломле́ние noun (bending of any wave)
- рефра́кция noun (bending of any wave)
Spanish
1 entries- refracción noun (bending of any wave)
Swedish
1 entries- refraktion noun (bending of any wave)
Tagalog
1 entries- saliko noun (bending of any wave)
Telugu
1 entries- వక్రీభవనము noun (bending of any wave)
Thai
1 entries- การหักเห noun (bending of any wave)
Turkish
2 entries- kırılma noun (bending of any wave)
- kırılım noun (bending of any wave)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
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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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