Definition of diffract Diffract

/dɪfɹæˈkt/ - [difrakt] - dif•fract

We found 6 definitions of diffract from 5 different sources.

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What does diffract mean?

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Verb

diffracts, diffracting, diffracted  

diffract - undergo diffraction; "laser light diffracts electrons"
  part, split, separate divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • diffract (Verb)
    To cause diffraction.
  • diffract (Verb)
    To undergo diffraction.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • diffract (v. t.)
    To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • diffract
    dif-frakt′, v.t. to break or separate into parts, as rays of light.—n. Diffrac′tion, a name for certain phenomena connected with light passing through a narrow opening or by the edge of an opaque body: the spreading of the rays, with interference phenomena, coloured and other.—adj. Diffrac′tive.—n. Diffrangibil′ity.—adj. Diffran′gible. [L. diffringĕre, diffractum—dis, asunder, frangĕre, to break.]

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  • diffract, verb, present, 1st person singular of diffract (infinitive).
  • diffract, verb (infinitive).

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