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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
refringent /rɪˈfrɪn(d)ʒ(ə)nt/

▶adjective Physics refractive.

– derivatives
refringence noun.

– origin C18: from L. refringent-, refringere, lit. ‘break again’.

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