What is "refracts"

Usage examples of "refracts".

Either a body absorbs light, or it reflects or refracts it, or it does all three.

If it neither reflects nor refracts nor absorbs light, it cannot of itself be visible.

Either a body absorbs light, or it reflects or refracts it, or does all these things.

Above it, the shock wave hangs in the air, rushing toward her at the speed of sound, a lens of air that flattens and refracts everything on the other side.

Thus, the lens is normally rather flat and refracts light comparatively little.