REFRACTED

Verb

refracted

simple past tense and past participle of refract

Adjective

refracted (comparative more refracted, superlative most refracted)

Turned out of its straight course.

(biology) Bent back at an acute angle.

Anagrams

• recrafted, redecraft

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*fract"ed, a.

1. (Bot. & Zoöl.)

Definition: Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.

2. Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.

REFRACT

Re*fract" (r*fr$kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Refracting.] Etym: [L. refractus, p. p. of refringere; pref. re- re- + frangere to break: cf. F. réfracter. SEe FRacture, and cf. Refrain, n.]

1. To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.

2. To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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