The verb for refraction is refract.
Other verbs are refracts, refracting and refracted.
Some example sentences are:
"I will refract this beam of light".
"The light refracts instead of reflects".
"The professor is demonstrating the science of refracting".
"The ray of light refracted through the glass prism".
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The noun form of "refract" is "refraction." Refraction refers to the change in direction of a wave, such as light or sound, as it passes from one medium to another.
The noun forms of the verb to refract are refractor, refraction, and the gerund, refracting.
The scientific term for the bending of light is refraction. Refraction occurs when light changes speed as it passes through different mediums, causing it to bend.
The word you are looking for is "reflection."
Light changes direction when it passes from one medium to another due to refraction.