SESNO: I think they reflect and refract each other, actually. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2004] Reference
Her light eyes seemed to refract some of the gold of the day. From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
If you run a rainbow through a prism, it will just refract more. From Wordnik.com. [Podcast: Steampunk Panel at ReaderCon] Reference
Experience is infinitely divisible; perspectives shimmer and refract. From Wordnik.com. [Gender-Neutral] Reference
The irregularities refract the photons, making them dance back and forth. From Wordnik.com. ['Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' as an Ambient Poem; a Study of a Dialectical Image; with Some Remarks on Coleridge and Wordsworth] Reference
The art of writing is a prism that he can use to refract human experience. From Wordnik.com. [Dreaming In English] Reference
However, these things are beautiful because of the way they reflect and refract light. From Wordnik.com. [The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 3] Reference
To get around these limitations, a lens must refract, or literally bend light backward. From Wordnik.com. [Scientist Close To Invisibility Cloak | Impact Lab] Reference
Is there any link between reflect and refract, -flect and -fract, fle and fra, le and ra?. From Wordnik.com. [Etymology of Indian word-roots] Reference
However, metamaterials make it possible to refract light to the left, or at a negative angle. From Wordnik.com. [Posthuman Blues] Reference
Conversely, the upper atmosphere does not refract infra-red, and thus a blue sky appears “black.”. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Colors by mixing them, painting with them, seeing them or knowing how they reflect and refract light?. From Wordnik.com. [Guess My Game] Reference
He watched the candlelight refract through the cut - glass goblet, then said without raising his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Dearly Beloved]
The technique works because light waves bend, or refract, as they pass through different densities of air. From Wordnik.com. [Space Diary: Schlieren photography] Reference
The pixelated eyeglass lens is then tuned to refract light in a way that corrects for those high-level aberrations. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: February 5, 2006 - February 11, 2006 Archives] Reference
Others may swim alongside for a while, but their individuality tends to refract away, through the bubbles and the blur. From Wordnik.com. [The Morris Method: An Album] Reference
Nevertheless they are quite sufficient to interfere with and refract the light rays and to split them up prismatically. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
Under most circumstances, we can see the world around us because things reflect or refract the rich spectrum of light rays. From Wordnik.com. [Behold the Appearance of the Invisibility Cloak] Reference
And it will really even look a little bit on the red side as the rays of the sun refract and reflect around the Earth itself. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2008] Reference
The most popular are starlight filters, which refract and channel point-source light to create long projections from the light. From Wordnik.com. [Quick tips to shoot holiday lights] Reference
And they bend – or refract – light in a direction opposite to that in which ordinary materials like water and glass bend it. From Wordnik.com. [Levitating Nanomachines | Impact Lab] Reference
Seriously, thanks (a la LFMD) for the open-heartedness of your entries -- it is wonderful to behold, absorb, reflect and refract. From Wordnik.com. [saturn shrugged] Reference
The dense atmosphere of the earth serves to refract most of these rays, just as it does ordinary heat and light rays from the sun. From Wordnik.com. ["Cosmic Fever" by Amelia Reynolds Long, part 2] Reference
Micas work best in clear products, like clear melt and pour, because the shimmer needs light in order to reflect and refract nicely. From Wordnik.com. [Lipstick Making - Day One] Reference
Since mica needs light to relfect and refract to truly get the best color, the opaque soap doesn't have as much shimmer as the clear. From Wordnik.com. [Instructions for Aloha Surf Shorts] Reference
Yes, I think you're right about the outward versus inward, but lyric that is inward can also refract, reflect a largeness of perspective. From Wordnik.com. [Avant Lyric, a few observations toward an essay, part one] Reference
All transparent substances slow down the light that moves through them -- that's why light seems to bend, or refract, when it passes from air to water. From Wordnik.com. [Going Faster Than Light?] Reference
As we look through the pupillary openings, both the lens and the vitreous humor should refract the light properly and not appear white or greenish-white in color. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
"Well, I hope it will refract some of the gold when we get there," said. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain] Reference
Any ray that does not go normal to the plane of the glass on a back-silvered mirror will refract. From Wordnik.com. [Sadly, No!] Reference
I used a collection of these priceless jewels to refract out the incoherent light, so that I could reform Gamma Girl's body. From Wordnik.com. [Everything2 New Writeups] Reference
This causes the different wavelengths of the light to refract at different angles, which separates light into visible colours. From Wordnik.com. [LearnHub Activities] Reference
Skyspaces - specially built rooms oriented to capture and refract natural light in profoundly affecting ways - is indisputable. From Wordnik.com. [Flavorpill Los Angeles Events] Reference
On that (inaudible) question in the refract opportunities out there, I mean that was a big part of the Devon story a while back. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
I've dreamt for a long time about an "electric telescope" but I assumed there was no way to refract light using an electric field. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
Lights refract off the lens creating flare effects; moments of extreme action cause "digital splatter" and the shot loses fidelity. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
But they sometimes impress others as prejudices; and they no doubt help to obscure our judgment, and to shorten or refract our sight. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Russian Novelists] Reference
Slide 9: Refractors - problems The lenses refract different wavelengths of light by different amounts - this causes chromatic aberration. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
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