Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Impossible to break; indestructible.
- adjective Physics That cannot be refracted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not refrangible; not to be broken or violated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not refrangible; that can not be refracted in passing from one medium to another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not to
broken ortransgressed ;inviolable . - adjective physics Incapable of being
refracted .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word irrefrangible.
Examples
-
a species of religion or philosophical system, based upon irrefrangible tenets that do not allow of alteration or modification.
astilius commented on the word irrefrangible
adj. - that cannot or should not be broken; inviolable
September 9, 2009