diffract
diffract
Definition
dif·fract (di frakt′)
transitive verb
to subject to diffraction
Etymology: < L diffractus, pp. of diffringere, to break in pieces < dis-, apart + frangere, break
diffract
Usage Examples
Object
- proton: Finally, a first analysis of the leading proton spectrometer data where the diffracted proton is directly measured is presented in section 2.4.
- beam: The right hand side shows a circular cross section at right angles to the diffracted beam.
- intensity: One way of comparing diffracted beam intensities is to match convergent beam patterns.
- X-ray: Once frozen, NAT crystals diffract X-rays at third generation synchrotron sources to beyond 3.0?
- ray: However, rays diffracted by individual ions in a crystal may or may not be in phase with rays diffracted by other ions.
- crystal: The facility will be rapidly tuneable allowing data to be collected from small, weakly diffracting crystals over a wide range of wavelengths.
Subject
- crystal: The x-rays are diffracted by the crystal and generate a precise pattern of dots on a detector, such as photographic film.
- object: A beam of X-rays is diffracted by the electrons in a crystalline material, just as visible light is diffracted by larger objects.
Adjective complement
- light: A lens can recombine the ( accessible ) diffracted light to generate a magnified image of the mask.
Modifying Another Word
- well: If that were the case, would such small crystals still diffract reasonably well?
- not: Although these do not diffract, initial results confirm that they are solid and derived from protein rather than salt.
- weakly: The facility will be rapidly tuneable allowing data to be collected from small, weakly diffracting crystals over a wide range of wavelengths.
- strongly: Bragg planes can diffract strongly at specific angles that are dependent on the separation between the planes.
- only: With X-rays, the crystal only diffracts in a few directions.
- n't: It does n't diffract in-house but does at synchrotron sources.
Followed by a transitive particle
- around: When elementary particles collide at high energies they diffract off each other, just like waves of light diffract around apertures in ordinary optics.
Preposition: in
- direction: The beams which are diffracted in a backward direction are recorded.
Preposition: by
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