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Retraction vs Refraction - What's the difference?

retraction | refraction |

As nouns the difference between retraction and refraction

is that retraction is an act or instance of retracting while refraction is 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.

retraction

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Noun

(en noun)
  • An act or instance of retracting.
  • A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
  • (mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

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    refraction

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    (wikipedia refraction)

    Noun

    (en 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.
  • (metallurgy) The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat

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    * refractive * refractory

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