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Adjective: refractive  ri'frak-tiv
  1. Of or relating to or capable of refraction
    "the refractive characteristics of the eye"
    - refractile
     
  2. Capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)
    - deflective

See also: crooked, refract, refraction, refractiveness

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