Brechung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- breaking noun The act of something being broken.
- refraction noun The bending of light, sound or water waves as they pass from one material into another in which they travel at a different speed.
Senses
Brechung is used for these senses in English:
- breaking in linguistics: vowel breaking
- refraction (physics) 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.
breaking — full definition
- noun The act of something being broken.
- noun Breakdancing.
- adj Describing news that is happening or being reported right now.
refraction — full definition
- noun The bending of light, sound or water waves as they pass from one material into another in which they travel at a different speed.
- noun An eye test that measures how the eye bends light, used to work out the strength of lens a person needs.