Usually means: Bending of light through mediums.
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  3. refraction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  9. refraction: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  14. Refraction (metallurgy), Refraction (sound), Refraction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Refraction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. refraction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  2. Refraction: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
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  1. refraction: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (refraction)

noun:  (physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
noun:  (metallurgy) The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat

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