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Refractiveness

Definition: Refractiveness

Refractiveness

Noun

1. The physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonym: Refractiveness

Synonym: refractivity (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Refractiveness

Language Translations for "refractiveness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

rusticité. (various references)

   

German

  

Widerstandsfähigkeit (hardiness, resistance, robustness, strength, sturdiness, toughness). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διαθλαστικότησ (refractivity), διαθλαστικότητα (refractive modulus, refractivity). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

efractivenessray

   

Spanish

  

resistencia (drag, drug resistance, endurance, endurance training, hardening, long distance, opposition, resilience, resiliency, resistance, resistance factor, resistance to ventilation, resistor, stand, strength, tolerance, toughness, underground). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Refractiveness

Derivations

Words beginning with "refractiveness": refractivenesses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Refractiveness"

Words rhyming with "refractiveness" (pronounced 'Re*fract"ive*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Refractiveness

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-i-n-r-r-s-s-t-v"

-2 letters: creativeness, reactiveness, transceivers.

-3 letters: eviscerates, secretaries, transceiver, transferees.

-4 letters: activeness, ancestries, careerists, ceasefires, craftiness, easterners, eviscerate, fervencies, fierceness, increasers, interfaces, interferes, invertases, recreative, refractive, reservices, resistance, scriveners, severances, transferee, transverse, veratrines.

-5 letters: arrestees, arsenites, ascensive, assertive, canisters, careeners, careerist, caressive, ceasefire, centiares, certainer, cineastes, cisternae, creasiest, creatines, easterner, enervates, erectness, errancies, eternises, evanesces, fasteners, fenestrae, ferneries, frenetics, fricassee, increaser, increases, infecters, infesters, inserters, interface, interfere, invertase, inverters, irateness, iterances, navicerts, nectaries, reascents, recanters, receivers, recessive, recreants, recreates, reentries, refastens, referents, reinfects, reinserts, reinvests, rescreens, reservice, reservist, resinates, restrains, restriven, restrives, retainers, retrieves, sarcenets, scarriest, scenarist, sceneries, screeners, scrivener, secretins, secretive, sectaries, servicers, seventies, severance, sincerest, sirventes, stearines, strainers, taverners, ternaries, traceries, transfers, traverses, venerates, veratrine, veratrins, vesicants, vesicates, virescent.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-i-n-r-r-s-s-t-v"
 

+2 letters: refractivenesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Refractiveness


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 66 72 61 63 74 69 76 65 6E 65 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    ..-.    .-.    .-    -.-.    -    ..    ...-    .    -.    .    ...    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100110 01110010 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#102 &#114 &#97 &#99 &#116 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#110 &#101 &#115 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0066 0072 0061 0063 0074 0069 0076 0065 006E 0065 0073 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5271728467698675887180718585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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