HSK · Level 92
45 words
Chinese word
折射
Pronunciation
Pinyinzhé shè
Meaning
- verbrefract
Example
光进入水中后，光线会折射。guāng jìn rù shuǐ zhōng hòu guāng xiàn huì zhé shè
When light enters water, the light rays are refracted.
More examples
白光通过棱镜时会折射并分解出光谱。bái guāng tōng guò léng jìng shí huì zhé shè bìng fēn jiě chū guāng pǔ
When white light passes through a prism, it refracts and separates into a spectrum.
Core concept
A ray bends onto a new path when it crosses into a different material.
Common phrases
光线折射guāng xiàn zhé shè
light rays refract
声波折射shēng bō zhé shè
sound waves refract
光波折射guāng bō zhé shè
light waves refract
Similar words
屈折qū zhé: Bend as light or another wave moves from one material into another.
弯曲wān qū: Become curved rather than remain straight.
反射fǎn shè: Return toward the side it came from after hitting a surface or object.
Definition in Chinese
光或其他波从一种介质进入另一种介质时，传播方向发生弯曲。guāng huò qí tā bō cóng yì zhǒng jiè zhì jìn rù lìng yì zhǒng jiè zhì shí chuán bō fāng xiàng fā shēng wān qū
Word origin
折 (zhé, "bend") + 射 (shè, "shoot or emit") forms a scientific compound that pictures a ray traveling outward along a bent course.
Usage tips
- In formal Chinese commentary, 折射 (zhéshè, "refract") can extend beyond physics to describe one issue indirectly revealing another, a useful pattern in news and essays.
Opposites
- 反射fǎn shèreflectverb
Related words
- 折射率zhé shè lǜrefractive indexnoun
- 折射角zhé shè jiǎoangle of refractionnoun
- 折射仪zhé shè yírefractometernoun