diffraction
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Definition of diffraction
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
- (countable, uncountable)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.
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Etymology
From New Latin diffrāctiō (in which coined by Francesco Maria Grimaldi), from Latin diffrāctus, past participle of Latin diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”). Coined in Physico-mathesis de lumine (1665) by Francesco Maria Grimaldi.
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