[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

refractive \refract"ive\ r?fr?kt"?v, a. cf. f.
   r'efractif. see refract.
   serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct
   course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces;
   refractive powers.
   1913 webster

   refractive index. opt. see index of refraction, under
      index.

   absolute refractive index opt., the index of refraction
      of a substances when the ray passes into it from a vacuum.
      

   relative refractive index of two media opt., the ratio
      of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the
      angle of refraction for a ray passing out of one of the
      media into the other.
      1913 webster
see also:
refract refractive index index of refraction index absolute refractive index relative refractive index 

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