refrangible

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And the Point r taken in the middle Way between p and t, will be the like Limit for the meanly refrangible Rays.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

This red glass is red because it destroys all the more refrangible rays of the spectrum.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John

The light of the sun then, contains, besides the coloured rays so well characterized by Newton, some invisible rays, still less refrangible than the red, and whose warming power is very considerable.

From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert

But were all the Rays of Light equally refrangible, the Error arising only from the Sphericalness of the Figures of Glasses would be many hundred times less.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

The true nature of dispersion was first demonstrated by Newton, who concluded that the colours of the spectrum were homogeneous and caused by simple vibrations of definite wave-length, the different colours being unequally refrangible.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various