refrangent, a. rare.
(rɪˈfrændʒənt)
[f. pres. pple. of L. *refrangĕre (for refringĕre): see refract v.]
Refracting; breaking up again.
| 1880 Swinburne Songs of Spring-t., Gard. Cymodoce 304 The beam..refrangent again from the wave. 1883 Sternberg Bacteria 269 The anthrax bacillus..develops refrangent, endogenous spores. |