refrangiˈbility
[f. next + -ity.]
1. The property of being refrangible; the degree to which this property is present.
| 1673 Newton in Phil. Trans. VIII. 6090 The Sun's light consists of rays differing by indefinite degrees of Refrangibility. 1706 W. Jones Syn. Palmar. Mathesos 302 Homogeneal Rays (or those of like Refrangibility). 1717 J. Keill Anim. Oecon. (1738) 147 Rays of Light, of different Refrangibilities. 1808 Phil. Trans. XCIX. 268 This..is only the consequence of the different refrangibility of light. 1879 Proctor Pleas. Ways Sc. i. 24 A gas when glowing absorbs rays of the same refrangibility as it emits. |
2. Refracting power. rare—1.
| 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1860) I. xxi. 140 Glasses of different refrangibilities. |