1. designed to bend light rays, especially in optical instruments
Usage: technical

1. present participle of refract; bending light, sound, or heat as it passes from one medium to another

Examples

• The prism is refracting the white light into a rainbow of colors.
• Water refracting light makes objects appear bent when viewed from above.
• The refracting telescope uses lenses to focus starlight.
• Glass refracting sunlight created beautiful patterns on the wall.
• The scientist studied how different materials were refracting the laser beam.
• A refracting medium can change the direction of light waves.