Refractive is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.
You can make 442 anagrams from letters in refractive (aceefirrtv).
First recorded in 1665-75, refractive is from the Late Latin word refrāctīvus (of pronouns) reflexive. See refract,
Thus they remained ignorant of the refractive powers of the air. The refractive index of the liquid for the D sodium ray is 1.2236. The amount of refractive error is very great if an object 23lies near the horizon. This effect, like the refractive power and focal distance, varies in degree in different diaphanous substances. It is perfectly transparent, yet it has refractive qualities. It sparkles about as brilliantly, for its refractive index is nearly as high. In this case the earth is the kiln, and the stars the object that is viewed through the refractive medium. It must evidently diminish as the refractive index increases. Where the surface was hard and dense, Brewster found the refractive index to approach that of semi opal. It has the least refractive power on light of any body known.Examples for refractive
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