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.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and refraction

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification 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.

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As a noun 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.

As nouns the difference between refraction and sunbow

is that 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 while sunbow is a bow or arc of prismatic colors like a rainbow, caused by refraction through a spray of water from a cataract, waterfall, fountain, etc., rather than through droplets of rain.

In physics terms the difference between refraction and refringence

is that 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 while refringence is refractive power; refraction.

As a noun 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.

As an adverb refractively is

in a refractive manner.

As nouns the difference between refraction and paraselene

is that 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 while paraselene is a bright, circular spot, sometimes seen on a lunar halo, caused by refraction through ice crystals.

As nouns the difference between refraction and anaclasis

is that 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 while anaclasis is the substitution of a long for a short syllable (or vice versa) to break up the rhythm of a poem.