| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| refringent |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·frin·gent |
| PRONUNCIATION: | r -fr n j nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of, relating to, or producing refraction; refractive. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin refring ns, refringent-, present participle of refringere, to break up. See refract.
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