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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFRACTING

ppr. 1. Turning from a direct course.
2. a. That turns rays from a direct course; as a refracting medium.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REFRACTING

REFRACTING Re *fract "ing, a.

Defn: Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium. Refracting angle of a prism (Opt. ), the angle of a triangular prism included between the two sides through which the refracted beam passes in the decomposition of light. -- Refracting telescope. (Opt. ) See under Telescope.

New American Oxford Dictionary

refracting telescope

re fract ing tel e scope ▶noun a telescope that uses a converging lens to collect light.

Oxford Dictionary

refracting telescope

re |fract |ing tele |scope ▶noun a telescope which uses a converging lens to collect the light.