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Webster 1913 Edition

(-fr?n′j?-b’l)

Adj.

[Cf. F.

réfrangible

. See

Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light.

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Re-fran′gi-ble-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. re and frango, to break.]

Capable of being refracted or turned out of a direct course in passing from one medium to another; as rays of light.

refrangible ‎(comparative more refrangible, superlative most refrangible)