How is the word réfraction translated from French to English

English translation
refraction
noun

Déviation de la lumière qui traverse l'eau.

The bending of light passing through water.

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  • La réfraction fait paraître la paille cassée. Refraction makes the straw look broken.

  • Nous avons mesuré la réfraction de la lumière dans le verre. We measured the refraction of light in glass.

  • Ce miroitement est-il dû à la réfraction ? Is that shimmer caused by refraction?

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