Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refringency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-frin-gen-cy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The power of a substance to refract a ray.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The velocity with which a luminous ray passes through a given body depends exclusively on the refringency of this body and on the velocity of emission of the ray, on the velocity it had in vacuo"

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

refringencies (plural)

Questions

What does refringency mean?: The power of a substance to refract a ray.

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