refracts
Deflects through glass
Refracts is the third-person singular of refract, meaning to bend light or other waves as they pass from one medium to another.
A prism refracts white light into a spectrum of colors.
Water refracts light, making a straw in a glass appear bent.
Figuratively, something that refracts an idea filters or distorts it: The news refracts events through its own lens.
Change in trajectory
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- distortionTwisting from original state
- curvatureDeviation from flatness
bends · divergence · redirection · incidence · medium · interface · boundary · transition
Scattering across space
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
- facetPlane on cut stone
prismatic · triangular · separation · splitting · Newton · wavelengths · bands · emergence
Light-focusing curved glass
- eyeglassesCorrective lenses worn
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- binocularsHandheld dual-lens magnifier
camera · cornea · focal · optical · aquarium · diopter · index · physics
Peak-to-peak distances in waves
- violetSmall five-petaled wildflower
- indigoPlant-derived blue dye
- bluePrimary color; also sad
- greenColor of vegetation
yellow · orange · red · chromatic · hue · separation · dispersion · splitting
Continuous range of values
- arcCurved line segment
- colorsVisual spectrum variations
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
- sunlightRadiance from our star
droplets · atmospheric · meteorological · colorful · spectral · natural · phenomenon · bands
deflection
Change in trajectory
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- distortionTwisting from original state
curvature · bends · divergence · redirection · incidence · medium · interface · boundary · transition · passage
dispersion
Scattering across space
facet · prismatic · triangular · separation · splitting · Newton · wavelengths · bands · emergence · geometry
lens
Light-focusing curved glass
- eyeglassesCorrective lenses worn
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
binoculars · camera · cornea · focal · optical · aquarium · diopter · index · physics · transmission
wavelengths
Peak-to-peak distances in waves
green · yellow · orange · red · chromatic · hue · separation · dispersion · splitting · visible
spectrum
Continuous range of values
- arcCurved line segment
- colorsVisual spectrum variations
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
sunlight · droplets · atmospheric · meteorological · colorful · spectral · natural · phenomenon · bands · bow
- double refractionLight splits into two paths
- refracted lightIllumination bent by medium
- light refractionBending of waves through media
- refracting telescopeLens-based astronomical instrument
- refractive errorOptical focusing abnormality
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