Both Uses of
refract
in
Atlas Shrugged
- They stood in silence, in the glare of a single light refracted from the glass surface to their faces.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- By the same method as a mirage on a desert: an image refracted from a layer of heated air.†
Chpt 3.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(refract) To change the velocity of a beam of light (apparently bending it) or other wave-form as it passes (at an angle) from one medium into another.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Meaning too rare to be of interest.