But if they go out of it into a Vacuum which has no Attraction to balance that of the Glass, the Attraction of the Glass either bends andrefracts them, or brings them back and reflects them.
If it neither reflects nor refracts nor absorbs light, it cannot of itself be visible.
Either a body absorbs light, or it reflects or refracts it, or does all these things.
The sodium vapour in the middle is very dense on the heated side, the density diminishing rapidly towards the upper part of the tube, so that, although not prismatic in form, it refracts like a prism owing to the variation in density.
Q, which has its refracting edge perpendicular to that of P, refracts towards the right.
Carbolic acid does not redden litmus, but produces a greasy stain on paper, disappearing on exposure to the air; it has a peculiar smell, a burning numbing taste, and in the fluid state it strongly refracts light.
I have before explained to you, the manner in which a convex lens, refracts the rays, and brings them to a focus; (fig.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "refracts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
