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refringency

Meaning of "refringency" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF REFRINGENCY

rɪˈfrɪndʒənsɪ


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 · astringency · cogency · constringency · contingency · counterinsurgency · currency · detergency · efficiency · emergency · frequency · insurgency · interagency · nonemergency · plangency · pungency · regency · retromingency · stringency · urgency

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.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

refringency
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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refringency
570 millions of speakers
en

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refringency
510 millions of speakers
hi

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refringency
380 millions of speakers
ar

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refringency
280 millions of speakers
ru

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refringency
278 millions of speakers
pt

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refringência
270 millions of speakers
bn

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refringency
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

réfringence
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Penolakan
190 millions of speakers
de

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refringency
180 millions of speakers
ja

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refringency
130 millions of speakers
ko

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refringency
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Refringency
85 millions of speakers
vi

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refringency
80 millions of speakers
ta

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refringency
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Refringency
75 millions of speakers
tr

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refringency
70 millions of speakers
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refringency
65 millions of speakers
pl

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refringency
50 millions of speakers
uk

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refringency
40 millions of speakers
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refringency
30 millions of speakers
el

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refringency
15 millions of speakers
af

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refringency
14 millions of speakers
sv

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refringency
10 millions of speakers
no

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refringency
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of refringency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFRINGENCY»

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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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