Associations to the word «Refract»

Wiktionary

REFRACT, verb. (intransitive) (of light) To change direction as a result of entering a different medium
REFRACT, verb. (transitive) (optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.

Dictionary definition

REFRACT, verb. Subject to refraction; "refract a light beam".
REFRACT, verb. Determine the refracting power of (a lens).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca