ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REFRACT
From Latin refractus broken up, from refringere, from re- + frangere to break.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REFRACT
PRESENT
Present
I refract
you refract
he/she/it refracts
we refract
you refract
they refract
Present continuous
I am refracting
you are refracting
he/she/it is refracting
we are refracting
you are refracting
they are refracting
Present perfect
I have refracted
you have refracted
he/she/it has refracted
we have refracted
you have refracted
they have refracted
Present perfect continuous
I have been refracting
you have been refracting
he/she/it has been refracting
we have been refracting
you have been refracting
they have been refracting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I refracted
you refracted
he/she/it refracted
we refracted
you refracted
they refracted
Past continuous
I was refracting
you were refracting
he/she/it was refracting
we were refracting
you were refracting
they were refracting
Past perfect
I had refracted
you had refracted
he/she/it had refracted
we had refracted
you had refracted
they had refracted
Past perfect continuous
I had been refracting
you had been refracting
he/she/it had been refracting
we had been refracting
you had been refracting
they had been refracting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will refract
you will refract
he/she/it will refract
we will refract
you will refract
they will refract
Future continuous
I will be refracting
you will be refracting
he/she/it will be refracting
we will be refracting
you will be refracting
they will be refracting
Future perfect
I will have refracted
you will have refracted
he/she/it will have refracted
we will have refracted
you will have refracted
they will have refracted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been refracting
you will have been refracting
he/she/it will have been refracting
we will have been refracting
you will have been refracting
they will have been refracting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would refract
you would refract
he/she/it would refract
we would refract
you would refract
they would refract
Conditional continuous
I would be refracting
you would be refracting
he/she/it would be refracting
we would be refracting
you would be refracting
they would be refracting
Conditional perfect
I would have refract
you would have refract
he/she/it would have refract
we would have refract
you would have refract
they would have refract
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been refracting
you would have been refracting
he/she/it would have been refracting
we would have been refracting
you would have been refracting
they would have been refracting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you refract
we let´s refract
you refract
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
refracted
Present Participle
refracting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFRACT»
Discover the use of
refract in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
refract and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
"Refract House, a joint endeavor of the Division of Architecture at California College of the Arts and the School of Engineering at Santa Clara University, is a full-scale working prototype of a prefabricated solar-powered home, with a ...
Ila Berman, Nataly Gattegno, 2012
2
Cataract and Refractive Surgery: With 37 Tables
J Cataract Refract Surg 26:1773–1777 Kent DG,Peng Q,Isaacs RT et al (1997)
Security of capsular fixation: small- versus large-hole platehaptic lenses. J
Cataract Refract Surg 23:1371–1375 Kershner RM (2003) Retinal image contrast
and ...
Thomas Kohnen, Douglas D. Koch, 2006
3
Quick Guide to the Management of Keratoconus: A Systematic ...
J Cataract Refract Surg 28(6):1080–1081 Arne JL, Lesueur LC (2000) Phakic
posterior chamber lenses for high myopia: functional and anatomical outcomes. J
Cataract Refract Surg 26(3):369–374 Arriola-Villalobos P (2009) Intrastromal ...
4
Clinical Practice in Small Incision Cataract Surgery
J Cataract Refract Surg 1989;15:264-71. 133. Menapace R, Yalon M. Exchange
of IOGEL hydrogel one- piece foldable intraocular lens for bag-fixated J-loop poly
(methyl methacrylate) intraocular lens. J Cataract Refract Surg 1993;19:425-30.
Luther L. Fry, Ashok Garg, Francisco Guitérrez-Camona, 2004
5
Pediatric Cataract Surgery: Techniques, Complications, and ...
J Cataract Refract Surg 2003;29: 1 738-1 743. 12. Rowe NA. Biswas S, Lloyd IC.
Primary IOL implantation in children: a risk analvsis of foldable acrvlic v PMMA
lenses. Br J Ophthalmol 2004;88:481-485. 13. Vasavada AR, Trivedi RH, Nath
VC ...
M. Edward Wilson, Rupal H. Trivedi, Suresh K. Pandey, 2005
6
Copeland and Afshari's Principles and Practice of Cornea
Salomao MQ, Wilson SE. Femtosecond laser in laser in situ keratomileusis. I
Cataract Refract Surg. 2010;36(6):lO24-32. Kurtz RM, Liu X, Elner VM, et al.
Photodisruption in the human cornea as a function Oflaser pulse width. I Refract
Surg.
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Dr. Agarwal's Textbook on Corneal Topography: Including ...
J Refract Surg 2006;22:345-9. 32. Hiatt JA, Grant CN, Wachler BS. Complex
wavefront-guided retreatments with the Alcon CustomCornea platform after prior
LASIK. J Refract Surg 2006;22:48-53. 33. Durrie DS, Stahl JE, Schwendeman F.
Amar Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, Soosan Jacob, 2010
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Keratoconus: When, Why and Why Not: a Step by Step ...
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007', 33:75-80. Colin 1. European clinical evaluation:
Use of Intacs for the treatment of keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surg 2006', 32:
747-55. Colin 1 and Velou S. Current surgical options for keratoconus. J Cataract
...
J Cataract Refract Surg. 1992;18: 65-70. Lundgren B, Selén G, Spangberg M, et
al. Fibrinous reaction on implanted intraocular lenses. A comparison of
conventional PMMA and heparin surface modified lenses. J Cataract Refract
Surg. 1992 ...
Amar Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, Soosan Jacob, 2011
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Phacoemulsification: Principles and Techniques
J Cataract Refract Surg 1996 (Suppl.2); 22:1255-1258. 67. Davison JA. Positive
and negative dysphotopsia in patients with acrylic intraocular lenses. J Cataract
Refract Surg 2000; 26: 1346-1355. 68. Ellis ME Sharp-edged intraocular lens ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFRACT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
refract is used in the context of the following news items.
Orient Refract - Closure of Trading Window
Orient Refract - Closure of Trading Window. Orient Refractories Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»
The prism doesn't refract enough light for trans rights (a guest post …
When I opened the app, it was as though light was being refracted from behind a prism, and the end result was that of all of the colors of the rainbow shone ... «Albany Times Union, Jun 15»
Raasi Refract - Outcome of Board Meeting
Raasi Refract - Outcome of Board Meeting. Raasi Refractories Ltd has informed BSE that Mr. Konda Laxmaiah, Mrs. Konda Padma and Mr. Mohan Vijaya ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jun 15»
'Madame Bovary' and 'Gemma Bovery' Revive and Refract a Heroine
Flaubert's “Madame Bovary,” the original desperate housewife novel, is one of those 19th-century classics that moviemakers keep going back to despite a ... «New York Times, May 15»
Raasi Refract - Updates on Open Offer
Raasi Refract - Updates on Open Offer. Arihant Capital Markets Ltd ("Manager to the Open Offer") on behalf of Mr. Konda Laxmaiah and M/s Ramlaxman ... «Moneycontrol.com, May 15»
Refract Studios Announces Survival Racer Distance Coming To PS4 …
Refract Studios has announced that it is bringing its survival racer, 'Distance', to PS4 in 2015. The game is set to release on Steam's Early Access program next ... «TheSixthAxis, Dec 14»
Mirror Image: Reflection and Refraction of Light
The reflection of light rays is one of the major aspects of geometric optics; the other is refraction, or the bending of light rays. Geometric optics is one of two broad ... «LiveScience.com, Oct 14»
Distance heading to Steam Early Access this Autumn
This and other titbits of Distance info reside in a recent Kickstarter update from developers Refract, which also shows off a neat arcade cabinet the team rigged ... «PC Gamer Magazine, Sep 14»
Crystal doorknob sparks massive fire at £1.5m house when sun's …
The strong sun was refracted through a crystal doorknob in the house in Clapham, south London, and onto a robe hanging from a wooden door which then ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»
Times Square's crystal ball gets gleaming new skin
This year's design features a kaleidoscopic pattern that will refract light in a splash of 16 million colors as the ball drops down a flagpole at the stroke of midnight. «Sandusky Register, Dec 13»
