REFRACTILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does refractile mean? 

• REFRACTILE (adjective)
  The adjective REFRACTILE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or capable of refraction

  Familiarity information: REFRACTILE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFRACTILE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or capable of refraction

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

refractile; refractive

Context example:

the refractive characteristics of the eye

Pertainym:

refraction (the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another)

 Context examples 

When HSCs are cultured with a feeder layer and observed using phase contrast microscopy, the trapped cells appear less spherical and less refractile than the HSCs that are floating loosely on top of the feeder layer.

(Cobblestone Area-Forming Cells, NCI Thesaurus)