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Meaning of "refringent" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REFRINGENT

From Latin refringere to break up.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REFRINGENT

rɪˈfrɪndʒənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFRINGENT

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

WHAT DOES REFRINGENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of refringent in the English dictionary

The definition of refringent in the dictionary is of, concerned with, or causing refraction; refractive.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFRINGENT

agent · argent · astringent · birefringent · contingent · cotangent · divergent · intelligent · noncontingent · pageant · plangent · pungent · regent · restringent · retromingent · ringent · stringent · subtangent · tangent · urgent

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFRINGENT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFRINGENT

arctangent · constringent · convergent · detergent · diligent · dirigent · emergent · estate agent · free agent · gent · hyperbolic cotangent · indulgent · insurance agent · insurgent · negligent · on a tangent · reagent · real-estate agent · Sargent · travel agent

Synonyms and antonyms of refringent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «refringent» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF REFRINGENT

Find out the translation of refringent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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

Translator English - Chinese

refringent
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

refringent
570 millions of speakers
en

English

refringent
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

refringent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انكساري
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

преломление
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

refringentes
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

refringent
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

réfringent
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Peniaga
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

lichtbrechende
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

屈折性の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

refringent
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Refringent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

refringent
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஒளிக் கதிர்க் கோட்டம் சார்ந்த
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Refringent
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

refringent
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

refringent
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

refringent
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

переломлення
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

refringent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

refringent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

refringent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

refringent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

refringent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of refringent

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFRINGENT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of refringent
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about refringent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFRINGENT»

Discover the use of refringent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to refringent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science
3, where a strongly stained central mass is flanked by two oval unstained bodies, apparently corresponding to the refringent masses, and having the appearance of terminal spores. Buchner has shown that the refringent terminal mass, ...
‎1891
2
Introduction to Optics
The case of normal incidence is degenerated; the difference between TE and TM loses its significance. A material is said to be all the more refringent as its refractive index has a higher value. Reflection at normal incidence on a more refringent ...
Germain Chartier, 2005
3
The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from ...
Infusoriform embryos: lengths to 35 um; refringent bodies present. Octopus bimaculatus Dicyemennea abelis McConnaughey, 1949. Vermiform stages: lengths to 2,500 um; with 24-27 cells; calotte rounded; verruciform cells present ( diapolars ...
Sol Felty Light, James T. Carlton, 2007
4
The Journal of the Linnean Society of London: Zoology
Zoology. The reactions with three out of four tests were, then, perfectly definite, and the conclusion reached was that the refringent bodies are certainly proteid in nature, and are probably some form of albumin, the product of metabolism iu the  ...
‎1906
5
The Biology of Nematodes
It has a central mass of chromatin, which lacks a nuclear membrane, surrounded by a granular area, mitochondria and several spherical refringent bodies. Membranous organelles are located near the periphery of the cell. This difference in ...
Donald L Lee, 2003
6
Optical Bi-Refringent Technique in Defect Characterization
Defects in GaP, Garnets, and Si have been examined and characterized by stress induced optical bi-refringence.
P. Chaudhari, IBM THOMAS J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER YORKTOWN HEIGHTS N Y., 1978
7
Chemical Zoology V2: Porifera, Coelenterata, And Platyhelminthes
According to Nouvel (1933), the refringent bodies give a positive test for uric acid, using the histochemical method of Saint-Hilaire (1910). They were the only elements in dicyemids found to give this reaction. Stunkard (1954) questioned this ...
Marcel Florkin, 2012
8
Biology of the Antarctic Seas IV
Of the 3 species described here only D. robsonellae has infusoriforms with refringent bodies, and the larvae of this species appear superficially typical. Infusoriforms of D. knoxi and D. maorum lack refringent bodies, and in this respect they are ...
George Albert Llano, I. Eugene Wallen, 1971
9
Manual of Techniques in Insect Pathology
associated with various tissues (e.g. fat body) (Plates 14 and 15) or in haemolymph itself, masses composed of ovoid to pyriform spores refringent under phase microscopy PROTOZOA Haemocoel (especially of mosquito larvae) filled with ...
Lawrence A. Lacey, 1997
10
Biophysics
For any frequency of vibration there would be two different indices (refactive index) of the materials, such materials are said to be doubly refracting or bi- refringent. Bi-refringent in living matter is due to presence of oriented lipid or protein ...

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFRINGENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term refringent is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What is Photoelasticity?
A transparent material is said to be bi-refringent if a ray of light passing through it splits into two refractive indices. This causes a change in the polarization state ... «AZoSensors, Sep 14»
2
Macro photography: hidden rock art and the magic of polarized light
Some of these tiny mineral crystals are what is called bi-refringent; that is, they refract (bend) light along two distinct planes. The crystals act like tiny prisms, ... «imaging resource, Jan 14»
3
Surmet Corporation Enters 30th Year of Operations with Many …
ALON® is nearly as hard and strong as sapphire and because of its cubic crystal structure, is transparent in its polycrystalline form, and is not bi-refringent. «PR Web, Feb 12»
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