Synonyms of the word

refraction

• n. (physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium…
• n. (metallurgy) The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat.

bend

• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action,…
• v. (intransitive) To become curved.
• v. (transitive) To cause to change direction.
• v. (intransitive) To change direction.
• v. (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
• v. (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
• v. (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
• v. (transitive) To force to submit.
• v. (intransitive) To submit.
• v. (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
• v. (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
• v. (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make…
• v. (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
• n. A curve.
• n. Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
• n. (in the plural, medicine, diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression,…
• n. (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to…
• n. (obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
• n. In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt.
• n. (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
• n. (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales,…
• n. (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the…
• n. (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.

bending

• v. present participle of bend.
• n. A motion or action that bends.

deflection

• n. The act of deflecting or something deflected.
• n. The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.

deflexion

• n. Britain spelling of deflection.