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Definition of Diffract
1. Verb. Undergo diffraction. "Laser light diffracts electrons"
Definition of Diffract
1. v. t. To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a&?; rays of light.
Definition of Diffract
1. Verb. (transitive) To cause diffraction ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To undergo diffraction ¹
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Definition of Diffract
1. to separate into parts [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffract
Literary usage of Diffract
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Century of Science in America: With Special Reference to the American by Edward Salisbury Dana, Charles Schuchert (1918)
"The great objection to this hypothesis was the failure either to refract or
diffract these rays. In fact Bragg contended that they were not etherial ..."