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infract

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?f?ækt/

Etymology 1

Latin ?nfring?, past participle ?nfractus. See infringe.

Verb

infract (third-person singular simple present infracts, present participle infracting, simple past and past participle infracted)

  1. (transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
  2. (transitive) To break off.
Related terms
  • infraction
See also
  • infarct

Etymology 2

Latin ?nfractus, from in- (not) + fractus (broken), past participle of fring? (break).

Adjective

infract (not comparable)

  1. Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
    • 1612, George Chapman, Petrarch's Seven Penitential Psalams
      a mind infract

Anagrams

  • frantic, infarct

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diffract

English

Etymology

Latin diffractus (past participle of diffringo (to shatter, to break into pieces))

Verb

diffract (third-person singular simple present diffracts, present participle diffracting, simple past and past participle diffracted)

  1. (transitive) To cause diffraction
  2. (intransitive) To undergo diffraction

Translations

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