DIFFRACTION
\dɪfɹˈakʃən], \dɪfɹˈakʃən], \d_ɪ_f_ɹ_ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DIFFRACTION
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The turning aside of a ray of light when passing the edge of a body that will not admit light; the change suffered by such a ray.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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A change which light undergoes, when, by passing very near the borders of an opaque body, it forms parallel bands or fringes.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In optics, the turning aside of rays of light which pass very near the boundaries of an opaque body.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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