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Refract vs Retrace - What's the difference?

refract | retrace |

As a verb refract

is (of light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.

refract

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (of light) To change direction as a result of entering a different medium
  • (optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
    • A prism can refract light.

    Derived terms

    * refracting

    Related terms

    * refractive * refraction * refractory * refrangible * refringent

    See also

    * reflect

    Anagrams

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    retrace

    English

    Verb

  • To trace again; to go back over something, usually in an attempt of rediscovery.
    • He retraced his steps, and found his keys where he had dropped them.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (television) The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.

    • Anagrams

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