"refractor" meaning in English

See refractor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-refractor.wav Forms: refractors [plural]
Etymology: From refract + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|refract|or}} refract + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} refractor (plural refractors)
  1. A refracting telescope.
    Sense id: en-refractor-en-noun-c3zvviPC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Astronomy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 23 5 34 34 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 7 29 29 2 0 Disambiguation of Astronomy: 96 4
  2. anything which refracts light, heat or sound
    Sense id: en-refractor-en-noun-XolWiTrP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Galilean refractor Related terms: reflector

Inflected forms

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