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refraction1: deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (as air) into another (as glass) in which its velocity is different2: the change in the apparent position of a celestial body due to bending of the light rays emanating from it as they pass through the atmosphere
; also : the correction to be applied to the apparent position of a body because of this bending3: the action of distorting an image by viewing through a medium
; also : an instance of this
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