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

See also: crooked

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