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refraction [rɪ'frækʃ(ə)n] n
gen. Lichtbrechung f; Refraktion f; Abbeugung f
astr. Brechung des Lichtes
commun. Brechung f (FO)
construct. Biegung f (of light, des Lichts)
el., acoust. Schallrefraktion f
microsc. Brechung f
nat.sc. Refraktion f (refractio); Schallbrechung f; Brechung f (refractio)
opt. Brechung f (change of direction of a light beam at the surface between two media of different refractive indices)
phys.sc., tech. Brechung akustischer Wellen
tech. Ablenkung f; Beugung f; brechen; Lichtbrechnung f; Strahlenberechnung f; Strahlenbrechung f
 English thesaurus
refraction [rɪ'frækʃ(ə)n] abbr.
abbr. ref; refr; rfr
jewl. Bending of light as it passes from air into a different medium.
USA The process by which the direction of a wave is changed when moving into shallow water at an angle to the bathymetric contours (JP 4-01.6)
refraction: 234 phrases in 24 subjects
Analytical chemistry3
Artificial intelligence1
Astronomy16
Chemistry6
Communications6
Construction6
Earth sciences11
Electronics16
General6
Geophysics1
Health care3
Life sciences15
Medical5
Medical appliances12
Metallurgy1
Mining1
Natural resourses and wildlife conservation4
Nuclear physics2
Obsolete / dated7
Optics branch of physics47
Physical sciences1
Physics52
Radio4
Technology8