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refringent
 
SYLLABICATION:re·frin·gent
PRONUNCIATION:  r-frnjnt
ADJECTIVE: Of, relating to, or producing refraction; refractive.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin refringns, refringent-, present participle of refringere, to break up. See refract.
 
 
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