dictionary help| refractive | medical dictionary |
Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers. Refractive index.
<medicine> The ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction for a ray passing out of one of the media into the other.
Origin: Cf. F. Refractif. See Refract.
(01 Mar 1998)
refractionist, refraction, ocular, refractionometer < Prev | Next > refractive accommodative esotropia, refractive amblyopia
Bookmark with:      | word visualiser | Go and visit our forums  |
