Refracted
[rɪ'fræktid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Refract
(a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.
(a.) Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.
Typist: Nigel
Examples
- When a ray of light passes from water or glass into air, the refracted ray is bent away from the perpendicular so that the angle of refraction is greater than the angle of incidence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Light falling in a slanting direction is partly reflected and partly enters the stone; that part which enters is refracted or bent and causes the internal brilliancy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Lights entering a diamond are reflected, refracted and dispersed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The angle of refraction is the angle formed by the refracted ray and the perpendicular to the surface at the point where the light strikes it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The ray _RO_ (Fig. 65) passes obliquely through the air to the surface of the water, but, on entering the water, it is bent or refracted and takes the new path _OS_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We have seen that light is bent when it passes from one medium to another of different density, and that objects viewed by refracted light do not appear in their proper positions. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When light passes from air into water or glass, the refracted ray is bent toward the perpendicular, so that the angle of refraction is smaller than the angle of incidence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We can show that when light passes through a prism and is refracted, forming a spectrum, as in Section 127, it is accompanied by heat. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But the red rays pass through the second prism, are refracted, and bent from this course, and no new colors appear, no new spectrum is formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- You have a northern kind of beauty, like light refracted from snow--and a beautiful, plastic form. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On emerging from the glass, the light is refracted away from the perpendicular and takes the direction _CD_, which is clearly parallel to its original direction. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Nigel