Refraction

Noun

 * 1)  The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
 * 2)  The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat

Thesaurus
atmospheric attenuation, blind spots, clutter, deflection, deflexure, diffraction, diffusion, dispersion, distortion, false echoes, flection, flexure, ground clutter, scatter, sea clutter, skewness, superrefraction, torsion

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 * Malayalam: അപവര്‍ത്തനം (apavarthanam)
 * Russian: преломление, рефракция
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 * Telugu: వక్రీభవనము (vakreebhavanamu)

Related terms

 * refractive
 * refractory

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