The Collaborative International Dictionary
                    Refringency
                    
                        
                
                                                                    Refringency \Re*frin"gen*cy\ (r?*fr?n"jen*s?), n.
   The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as,
   different substances have different refringencies. 
--Nichol.
Wiktionary
                    refringency
                    
                        
                
                                                                    n. The power of a substance to refract a ray.