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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bend, bias, crook, curve, deflect, deviate, diffract, diffuse, disperse, distort, diverge, divert, dogleg, hairpin, pull, scatter, skew, turn, twist, warp, zigzag
Dictionary Results for refract:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
refract
    v 1: subject to refraction; "refract a light beam"
    2: determine the refracting power of (a lens)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Refract \Re*fract"\ (r?*fr$kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Refracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Refracting.] [L. refractus, p.
   p. of refringere; pref. re- re- + frangere to break: cf. F.
   r['e]fracter. SEe FRacture, and cf. Refrain, n.]
   1. To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat,
      when passing from one transparent medium to another of
      different density; to cause to deviate from a direct
      course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense
      medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from
      a rare medium.
      [1913 Webster]

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