| NOUN | phenomenon | diffraction | when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands |
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| Sounds | dihfrae'kshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | When light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands. | |
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| Narrower | X-ray diffraction | The scattering of X rays by the atoms of a crystal |
| Broader | optical phenomenon | A physical phenomenon related to or involving light |
| Spanish | difracción | |
| Catalan | difracció | |
| Verbs | diffract | undergo diffraction |
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