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Meaning of अपवर्तन in English

  • of Refract
  • Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium.
  • The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.
  • The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved.
  • The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction.
  • The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude.
  • A bending or turning aside; deflection.
  • The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.
  • Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch.
  • The quality or condition of being refractory.
  • A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
  • To break again, as a bone.

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