Illustration: At a family dining table, a child peers sideways at a straight chopstick resting diagonally in a clear glass half full of water. The submerged portion appears shifted from the portion above, creating an obvious apparent kink exactly at the waterline.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

屈くっ折せつ

kussetsu

refraction

Example sentences

  1. 屈折くっせつは太陽たいようが地平線ちへいせんに近ちかいほど大おおきくなる。

    Refraction increases as the sun gets closer to the horizon.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 当時とうじの日本にっぽんで作つくられていた屈折くっせつ望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうよりも優すぐれた性能せいのうの望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうであり、口径こうけい60mmで60倍ばいの倍率ばいりつの望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうであった。

    It outperformed the refracting telescopes made in Japan at the time, with a 60 mm aperture and 60× magnification.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. ストローが曲まがって見みえるのは、光ひかりの屈折くっせつのためだ。

    The straw looks bent because of the refraction of light.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 屈折

  • 屈yield; bendOnクツKunかがむ・かがめる
  • 折fold; breakOnセツ・シャクKunおる・おり・おり

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