From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Refract \Re*fract"\ (r?*fr$kt"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Refracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Refracting}.] [L. refractus, p. p. of refringere; pref. re- re- + frangere to break: cf. F. r['e]fracter. SEe {FRacture}, and cf. {Refrain}, noun]
1. To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
2. To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Refracted \Re*fract"ed\, adjective
1. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.
2. Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.
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