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Refraction

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Lat. refringere, to break open or apart), in physics, the change in the direction of a wave of light, heat or sound which occurs when such a wave passes from one medium into another of different density.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Refraction'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​r/refraction.html. 1910.
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