Refractive /(r?*fr?kt"?v)/
Re·fract·ive
Refractive
a.
- Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.
Phrases & Compounds
- Refractive index
- See Index of refraction, under Index.
- Absolute refractive index
- the index of refraction of a substances when the ray passes into it from a vacuum.
- Relative refractive index
- 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.