"refracting" meaning in English

See refracting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: refractings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} refracting (plural refractings)
  1. An act of refraction.
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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} refracting
  1. present participle and gerund of refract Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: refract
    Sense id: en-refracting-en-verb-ryuPsGFx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46

Inflected forms

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