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Definition of 'diffraction'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) diffraction
a modulation of waves in response to an obstacle, as an object, slit, or grating, in the path of propagation, giving rise in light waves to a banded pattern or to a spectrum.

Etymology: (1665–75; < NL diffrāctiō, der. of L diffringere to break up)

Definition of 'diffraction'

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1. (noun) diffraction
when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands

Definition of 'diffraction'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) diffraction
the deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars

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