refract

1. 1.

   Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).

   指介质、物质等使光线偏转,尤指以斜角进入时；使光、电磁辐射或声波等发生折射。

2. 2.

   To mediate; to alter; to distort.

   调解；改变；歪曲。

3. 3.

   To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.

   使(光)因进入不同介质而改变方向。

4. 4.

   To measure, and often also to correct with lenses, the refractive error of (an eye) or the eyes of (a person).

   测量并通常用镜片矫正(眼睛)的屈光不正。

调解；改变；歪曲。；使(光)因进入不同介质而改变方向。；测量并通常用镜片矫正(眼睛)的屈光不正。；使折射；测定...的屈光度；[医] 使折射

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