Usually means: Bends light; alters its path.
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  1. refringent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. refringent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. refringent: Collins English Dictionary
  4. refringent: Wordnik
  5. refringent: Wiktionary
  6. refringent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. refringent: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. refringent: Dictionary.com
  9. Refringent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. refringent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Refringent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. refringent: FreeDictionary.org
  13. refringent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. refringent: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. refringent: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (refringent)

▸ adjective:  That refracts; refractive

Similar:
refractile, refrangible, refractable, reflectory, diffractable, reflective, reflectent, reflectable, reflecting, reflexible, more...

Opposite:
opaque, non-refringent, non-transparent

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Similar:
refractile, refrangible, refractable, reflectory, diffractable, reflective, reflectent, reflectable, reflecting, reflexible, more...

Opposite:
opaque, non-refringent, non-transparent



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