Definition 7.4.5.6. Let $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be a simplicial set and let ${\bf 1}$ denote the cone point of the simplicial set $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}^{\triangleright } \simeq \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\star \{ {\bf 1} \} $. Suppose that we are given a cocartesian fibration $\overline{U}: \overline{\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}} \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}^{\triangleright }$, and set
We will say that a morphism $\mathrm{Rf}: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \overline{\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}}_{ {\bf 1} }$ is a covariant refraction diagram if there exists a morphism of simplicial sets $H: \Delta ^1 \times \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \overline{\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}}$ satisfying the following conditions:
The restriction $H|_{ \{ 0\} \times \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}}$ is the identity morphism from $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ to itself.
The restriction $H|_{ \{ 1\} \times \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}}$ is equal to $\mathrm{Rf}$.
For every vertex $X \in \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$, the restriction $H|_{ \Delta ^1 \times \{ X\} }$ is a $\overline{U}$-cocartesian edge of $\overline{\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}}$.