refringence

See also: réfringence

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Etymology

refringe +‎ -ence, from Latin refringere. Refract and derivatives come from the past participle of the same Latin verb.

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refringence (countable and uncountable, plural refringences)

  1. (physics) refractive power; refraction
    • 1891 June, Charles Slater, “Memoirs: On a Red Pigment-forming Organism, B. corallinus (?)”, in The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science (new series)‎, volume 32, page 409:
      By far the most noticeable characteristic is the highly refringent nature of the poles of the cells. This refringence is noticed in a very large proportion of the cells of a culture examined at any stage of growth, and will be again referred to.

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