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Refractions
- noun - the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
- the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
Refutations
- noun - any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
- the act of determining that something is false
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"
Regulations
- noun - (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
- an authoritative rule
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
- the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
- the state of being controlled or governed
Relaxations
- noun - (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
- (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
- a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry; "the easiness we feel when sleeping"
- a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
- an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
- the act of making less strict
Relegations
- noun - authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
- mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia"
- the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
Relocations
- noun - the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire"
- the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
Renovations
- noun - the act of improving by renewing and restoring; "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property"; "a major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed"
- the state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"
Reparations
- noun - (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I"
- compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury; "an act for which there is no reparation"
- something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends"
- the act of putting something in working order again
Repetitions
- noun - an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
- the act of doing or performing again
- the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
Repetitious
- adjective - characterized by repetition; "repetitive movement"