REFRACTOR

Definitions: REFRACTOR

REFRACTOR

Noun

1. A refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the refraction of light in passing through a convex lens.

2. Anything that refracts

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Usage Frequency: REFRACTOR

"REFRACTOR" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "REFRACTOR" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Modern Translations: REFRACTOR

Language		Translations for "REFRACTOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏النظارة الكاسرة للأشعة, ‏الجهاز العاكس للإضاء ة. (various references)

Bulgarian		рефрактор, пречупвател. (various references)

French		lunette d'approche (refracting telescope), appareil de réfraction. (various references)

German		refraktor (astronomical refracting telescope, refracting telescope). (various references)

Greek		διαθλαστικόσ φακόσ. (various references)

Italian		rifrattore. (various references)

Pig Latin		efractorray

Portuguese		refrator, telescópio refrator, lente (bull's eye, eyeglass, glass, lens, lens case, lense, master). (various references)

Russian		рефрактор. (various references)

Spanish		refractor (refracting telescope). (various references)

Ukranian		рефрактор. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: REFRACTOR

Derivations
	Words beginning with "REFRACTOR": refractories, refractorily, refractoriness, refractorinesses, refractors, refractory. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"REFRACTOR" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prefactor. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "REFRACTOR"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "REFRACTOR" (pronounced rufra"kter)
5	-r a" k t er	detractor, tractor.
4	-a" k t er	actor, compactor, factor, reactor.
3	-k t er	abductor, benefactor, character, chiropractor, collector, conductor, connecter, connector, constrictor, constructor, contractor, defector, detector, director, doctor, erector, Hector, inductor, injector, inspector, instructor, lector, malefactor, nectar, objector, predictor, Proctor, projector, prospector, protector, rector, sector, semiconductor, Specter, spectre, stricter, subcontractor, superconductor, vector, Victor.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: REFRACTOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-o-r-r-r-t"
	-2 letters: creator, crofter, reactor, refract.
	-3 letters: carrot, carter, coater, crater, factor, farcer, forcer, frater, rafter, rector, roarer, terror, tracer, trocar.
	-4 letters: actor, afore, after, carer, caret, carte, cater, corer, craft, crate, croft, crore, error, facer, facet, farce, farer, fetor, force, forte, frore, oater, ocrea, ofter, orate, racer, rarer, rater, react, recta, recto, retro, taroc, tarre, terra, trace.
	-5 letters: acre, aero, arco, cafe, care, carr, cart, cate, cero, coat, coft, core, corf, cote, face, fact, fare, faro, fart, fate, fear, feat, feta, fora, fore, fort, frae, frat, fret, froe, orca, orra, race, raft, rare, rate, rato, rear, reft, roar, rota, rote, tace, taco, tare, taro, tear, toea, tora, torc, tore, torr, tref.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-o-r-r-r-t"
	+1 letter: refractors, refractory.
	+3 letters: refractories, refractorily.
	+4 letters: cotransferred, refractometer, refractometry.
	+5 letters: cotransferring, refractometers, refractometric, refractoriness.
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