Definition of diffractions Diffractions
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What does diffractions mean?
Wiktionary 
- diffractions (Noun)
Plural of diffraction.
Part of speech
🔤- diffractions, noun, plural of diffraction.
WordNet
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| diffraction - when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands | ||
| optical phenomenon a physical phenomenon related to or involving light | ||
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Wiktionary
- diffraction (Noun)
The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure e. g. a slit, followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- diffraction (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- diffraction, noun, singular of diffractions.
