diffraction

Definition of Diffraction in English :

Noun

1. diffraction

when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Diffraction

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noun

1. physics

a deviation in the direction of a wave at the edge of an obstacle in its path

2.

any phenomenon caused by diffraction and interference of light, such as the formation of light and dark fringes by the passage of light through a small aperture

3.

deflection of sound waves caused by an obstacle or by nonhomogeneity of a medium

Diffraction

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noun

1.

the breaking up of a ray of light into dark and light bands or into the colors of the spectrum, caused by the interference of one part of a beam with another, as when the ray is deflected at the edge of an opaque object or passes through a narrow slit

2.

a similar breaking up of other waves, as of sound or electricity

Diffraction

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n.

Change in the directions and intensities of a group of waves after passing by an obstacle or through an aperture whose size is approximately the same as the wavelength of the waves.

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