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refraction
Overview of noun refraction
The noun refraction has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. refraction -- (the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another)
2. deflection, deflexion, refraction -- (the amount by which a propagating wave is bent)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun refraction
2 senses of refraction
Sense 1
refraction
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
deflection, deflexion, refraction
=> bending, bend
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun refraction
1 of 2 senses of refraction
Sense 1
refraction
=> double refraction, birefringence
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun refraction
2 senses of refraction
Sense 1
refraction
=> physical phenomenon
Sense 2
deflection, deflexion, refraction
=> bending, bend
Antonyms of noun refraction
Member Holonyms of noun refraction
Substance Holonyms of noun refraction
Part Holonyms of noun refraction
Member Meronyms of noun refraction
Substance Meronyms of noun refraction
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Meronyms of noun refraction
Holonyms of noun refraction
Attributes of noun refraction
Derived Forms of noun refraction
1 of 2 senses of refraction
Sense 1
refraction
RELATED TO>(verb) refract#1
=> refract
Domain of noun refraction
Domain Terms of noun refraction
Familiarity of noun refraction
refraction used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun refraction
2 senses of refraction
Sense 1
refraction
> physical phenomenon
=> acoustic phenomenon
=> atmospheric phenomenon
=> boundary layer
=> chaos
=> cloud
=> decalescence
=> electrical phenomenon
=> electricity
=> energy
=> power
=> event
=> field, field of force, force field
=> force
=> hysteresis
=> resonance
=> mechanical phenomenon
=> opacity
=> optical phenomenon
=> pressure, pressure level, force per unit area
=> reflection, reflexion
=> refraction
=> resolving power, resolution
=> resolution
=> conduction, conductivity
=> propagation
=> interaction, fundamental interaction
=> surface tension
=> syzygy
=> transparency, transparence
=> turbulence, turbulency
=> chop
=> flotation, floatation
Sense 2
deflection, deflexion, refraction
> bending, bend
=> deflection, deflexion, refraction
Meronyms of noun refraction
2 senses of refraction
Holonyms of noun refraction
Grep of noun refraction
angle of refraction
double refraction
index of refraction
refraction
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