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diffractive
Variant of diffraction
noun
- the breaking up of a ray of light into dark and light bands or into the colors of the spectrum, caused by the interference of one part of a beam with another, as when the ray is deflected at the edge of an opaque object or passes through a narrow slit
- a similar breaking up of other waves, as of sound or electricity
Related Forms:
- diffractive adjective
- diffractively adverb
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