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Meaning of refringency | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The power of a substance to refract a ray.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“The velocity with which a luminous ray passes through a given body depends exclusively on the refringency of this body and on the velocity of emission of the ray, on the velocity it had in vacuo”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Refroze Refrozen refruiting Refry Refrying refs