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Meaning of "refringency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REFRINGENCY

refringency  [rɪˈfrɪndʒənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFRINGENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Refringency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REFRINGENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of refringency in the English dictionary

The definition of refringency in the dictionary is the quality or state of being of, concerned with, or causing refraction; refractive.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFRINGENCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
astringency
əˈstrɪndʒənsɪ
cogency
ˈkəʊdʒənsɪ
constringency
kənˈstrɪndʒənsɪ
contingency
kənˈtɪndʒənsɪ
counterinsurgency
ˌkaʊntərɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
detergency
dɪˈtɜːdʒənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
insurgency
ɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
interagency
ˌɪntərˈeɪdʒənsɪ
nonemergency
ˌnɒnɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
plangency
ˈplændʒənsɪ
pungency
ˈpʌndʒənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
retromingency
ˌretrəʊˈmɪndʒənsɪ
stringency
ˈstrɪndʒənsɪ
urgency
ˈɜːdʒənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFRINGENCY

refreshment
refreshment bar
refreshment room
refreshment stall
refried beans
refrigerant
refrigerate
refrigerated
refrigerated lorry
refrigeration
refrigeration engineer
refrigerative
refrigerator
refrigeratory
refringence
refringent
refront
refroze
refrozen
refry

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFRINGENCY

ad agency
advertising agency
aid agency
consistency
credit agency
employment agency
Environment Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
estate agency
European Space Agency
Food Standards Agency
intelligence agency
law enforcement agency
literary agency
news agency
recruitment agency
relief agency
state of emergency
the point of tangency
the Regency
travel agency

Synonyms and antonyms of refringency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «refringency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REFRINGENCY

Find out the translation of refringency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of refringency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «refringency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

refringency
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

refringency
570 millions of speakers

English

refringency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

refringency
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

refringency
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

refringency
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

refringência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

refringency
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réfringence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penolakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

refringency
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

refringency
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

refringency
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Refringency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

refringency
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

refringency
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Refringency
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

refringency
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

refringency
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

refringency
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

refringency
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

refringency
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

refringency
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

refringency
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

refringency
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

refringency
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of refringency

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFRINGENCY»

The term «refringency» is normally little used and occupies the 143.528 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of refringency
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «refringency».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REFRINGENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «refringency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «refringency» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFRINGENCY»

Discover the use of refringency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to refringency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The optical properties of crystals: with a general ...
If in the field of the microscope two transparent bodies lie contiguous to each other, the refringency of one of them being known, and if the cone of illumination of the microscope is narrowed down to the critical angle of total reflection of the ...
Paul Groth, 1910
2
Bulletin
These present a diiferent appearance from the motile objects just described in their refringency and lack of motility and are apparently vacuoles. The motility of these endoglobular bodies is of course not to be compared with that of bacteria, nor ...
‎1914
3
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
Again, the refringency of air is equal to the mean of the refringency of oxygen and nitrogen when experimentally mixed in the proportions in which they occur in the atmosphere; and the ratio of oxygen to nitrogen is not a simple one; lastly, ...
‎1899
4
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN ...
Again, the refringency of air is equal to the mean of the refringency of oxygen and nitrogen when experimentally mixed in the proportions in which they occur in the atmosphere; and the ratio of oxygen to nitrogen is not a simple one; lastly, ...
‎1896
5
Methods for the determination of organic matter in air
Again, the refringency of air is equal to the mean of the refringency of oxygen and nitrogen when experimentally mixed in the proportions in which they occur in the atmosphere; and the ratio of oxygen to nitrogen is not a simple one; lastly, ...
David Hendricks Bergey, Smithsonian Institution. Hodgkins Fund, 1899
6
Report of the Board of Regents
Again, the refringency of air is equal to the mean of the refringency of oxygen and nitrogen when experimentally mixed in the proportions in which they occur in the atmosphere; and the ratio of oxygen to nitrogen is not a simple one; lastly, ...
Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents, 1896
7
Histoenzymology of the Endocrine Glands: International ...
Recent techniques of microdissection of the islets and cells chosen for their refringency in dark ground illumination, or for their fluorescence in ultraviolet light (Kissane and Brolin, 1963; Lazarow et al., 1964; Hellerstrtim, 1964; Kern et al., 1965; ...
L. Arvy, P. Alexander, Z. M. Bacq, 1971
8
3D-4D Ultrasound in Obstetrics (edición Inglés)
PATHOLOGY OF THE TROPHOBLAST Specific abnormalities of the trophoblast that are detectable with ultrasonography include excessive or insufficient thickness, changes in refringency, and micro-vesicula- tions. Except in the area of the ...
F. Bonilla-Musoles, 2004
9
Current Topics on Fetal 3D-4D Ultrasound
... Idiopathic Unknown cause Fetal hydrops may present as an isolated event or it may be accompanied by other findings such as hydrothorax, pericarditis, hygroma, hepatosplenomegaly, or an increase in placental thickness and refringency.
Toshiyuki Hata, Asim Kurjak, Shiro Kozuma, 2012
10
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
Early Nuclear Structural Changes of Transformed Human Amniotic Cells (WISH) in Presence of Type IV Collagen Detected by the Nuclear Refringency Assay ( 41903) JACQUELINE GERFAUX,""' BERTRAND MACE,'l' FRANCOISE ...
‎1984

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