Meaning

2 senses

  1. A refracting telescope.

  2. Anything which refracts light, heat or sound

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Tom bought a refractor telescope.

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Origin

From refract + -or.

From refract + -or.

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Forms

plural: refractors
Singularrefractor
Pluralrefractors

regular

Word family

3 related words
Relatedreflector
Derivedautorefractorphotorefractor

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reformB2reformerreformulaterefrainB2refreshC1

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