refractor (plural refractors)
A refracting telescope.
anything which refracts light, heat or sound
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fract"or (r, n.
Definition: Anything that refracts; specifically: (Opt.)
Definition: A refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the refraction of light in passing through a convex lens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 May 2025
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
