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REFRACTIVENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does refractiveness mean?
• REFRACTIVENESS (noun)
The noun REFRACTIVENESS has 1 sense:
1. the physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction
Familiarity information: REFRACTIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
refractiveness; refractivity
Hypernyms ("refractiveness" is a kind of...):
bending; deflection; deflexion (the property of being bent or deflected)
Derivation:
refractive (capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave))
refractive (of or relating to or capable of refraction)
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