Medical Definition of Optical diffraction

1. A technique used to obtain information about repeating patterns. Diffraction of visible light can be used to calculate spacings in the object. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Optical Diffraction

optic tract
optical
optical aberration
optical activity
optical antipode
optical art
optical astronomy
optical axis
optical bench
optical character recognition
optical condenser
optical crown
optical density
optical device
optical diffraction (current term)
optical disc
optical discs
optical disk
optical double
optical drive
optical fiber
optical fibers
optical fibre
optical flat
optical flint
optical fusion
optical illusion
optical illusions

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