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Meaning of "refrangible" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REFRANGIBLE

From Latin refringere to break up, from re- + frangere to break.
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PRONUNCIATION OF REFRANGIBLE

refrangible  [rɪˈfrændʒɪbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFRANGIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Refrangible is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REFRANGIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of refrangible in the English dictionary

The definition of refrangible in the dictionary is capable of being refracted.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFRANGIBLE


able
ˈeɪbəl
cable
ˈkeɪbəl
corrigible
ˈkɒrɪdʒɪbəl
diffrangible
dɪˈfrændʒɪbəl
dirigible
dɪˈrɪdʒɪbəl
enable
ɪnˈeɪbəl
flexible
ˈflɛksɪbəl
frangible
ˈfrændʒɪbəl
fungible
ˈfʌndʒɪbəl
illegible
ɪˈlɛdʒɪbəl
inexpungible
ˌɪnɪksˈpʌndʒɪbəl
infrangible
ɪnˈfrændʒɪbəl
intangible
ɪnˈtændʒɪbəl
label
ˈleɪbəl
mortgageable
ˈmɔːɡədʒɪbəl
possible
ˈpɒsɪbəl
reeligible
riːˈɛlɪdʒɪbəl
stable
ˈsteɪbəl
submergible
səbˈmɜːdʒɪbəl
unintelligible
ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒɪbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFRANGIBLE

refractive index
refractively
refractiveness
refractivity
refractometer
refractometric
refractometry
refractor
refractories
refractorily
refractoriness
refractory
refractory period
refracture
refrain
refrainer
refrainment
reframe
refrangibility
refrangibleness

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFRANGIBLE

accessible
audible
Bible
compatible
eligible
exigible
horrible
impossible
incorrigible
incredible
ineligible
intelligible
irrefrangible
legible
negligible
responsible
tangible
terrible
untangible
visible

Synonyms and antonyms of refrangible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «refrangible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REFRANGIBLE

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The translations of refrangible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «refrangible» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

refrangible
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

refrangible
570 millions of speakers

English

refrangible
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

refrangible
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قابل للانكسار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

refrangible
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

refratáveis
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিসারণসাধ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

refrangible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terbalik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

brechbaren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

refrangible
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

refrangible
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Refrangible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

refrangible
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கதிர்க் கோட்டம் உண்டாக்கத்தக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रदीर्घ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kırılabilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rifrangibili
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

refrangible
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

refrangible
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

refrangible
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαπλαστός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

breekbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

refrangible
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

refrangible
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of refrangible

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFRANGIBLE»

The term «refrangible» is used very little and occupies the 180.765 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REFRANGIBLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about refrangible

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFRANGIBLE»

Discover the use of refrangible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to refrangible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
64'35 68'65 71'32 75'84 79'13 8439 8828 89'69 9535 9748 l00'33 10279 10-5'92 l08'48 111'79 11452 116'42 119-91 12205 More refrangible edge or marking of band, in continuous spectrum, 22nd band More refrangible edge or marking of ...
‎1895
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Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical and physical ...
T ' Remarks. of an inch. , 1 6435 More refrangible edge or marking of band, in continuous spectrum, 21751 45975 i 4593, PbO, M. 22nd band 6865 More refrangible edge or marking of band, in continuous spectrum, 22179 45085 i 23rd band 1 ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1895
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Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, ...
nearer to the Object-glass than the Focus of the least refrangible ones, by about the X74th part of the distance between the Object-glass and the Focus of the mean refrangible ones. And if Rays of all forts , flowing from any one lucid point in the ...
Sir Isaac Newton, 1718
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Philosophia britannica: or, A new & comprehensive system of ...
will have their Images form'd by a Lens at very * different Distances in its Axis, especially in Ex- 310 45' 2" sr GDK, the Angle of Refraction of the least refrangible Rays ; and EDK-EDF= 300 44' 58" = EDK, the Angle of Refraction of the most ...
Benjamin Martin, 1747
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Nature
thing happens at the more refrangible edge of the other absorption of Mg at 500, as Dunér's figures show. Less refrangible edge. More refrangible sharp edge. 8 502 496 in a Herculis. Band 8(absorption 501 496 in p Persei. of Mg) . 2503 496  ...
Sir Norman Lockyer, 1888
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Isaaci Newtoni Opera Quæ Exstant Omnia. Commentariis ...
Now if you subduct the common sine of incidence, 50, from the sines of refraction, 77 and 78; thesiremainders, 27 and 28, shew that in small refractions the refraction of the least refrangible rays is to the refraction of the most refrangible ones ...
‎1782
7
Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts
mixture of blue and yellow circles, equally refrangible. Now this is simple, arid conformable to the other phænomena of the spectrum ; for is rays of the fame denomination of colour be differently refrangible, it is not unreasonable to suppose, ...
William Nicholson, 1801
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Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae exstant omnia
Now if you subduct the common fine of incidence, 50, from the sines of refraction, 77 and 78 ; the remainders, 27 and 28, shew that in small refractions the refraction of the least refrangible rays is to the refraction of the most refrangible ones as ...
Sir Isaac Newton, 1782
9
A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts
On the Number of the Primitive Colorific Rays in Solar Light. mixture of blue and yellow circles, equally refrangible. Now this is simple, and conformable to the other phænomena of the spectrum ; for if rays of the fame denomination of colour be ...
William Nicholson, 1801
10
The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton: The optical lectures, ...
... since they are reciprocals. Let J be the sine'34' of incidence opposjte 0f a from glass into air, P the sine of refraction of the most refrangible rays, R refracting surface'321 that of the mean refrangible ones, and T that of the least refrangible.
Sir Isaac Newton, Alan Elihu Shapiro, 1984

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFRANGIBLE»

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Now Online: The Royal Society's 350-Year-Long Archive
... but consisting of disform rays, some of which are more refrangible than others; and Colors are affirm'd to be not Qualifications of Light, deriv'd from Refractions ... «Popular Science, Nov 11»

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