Definition of Diffractions

1. Noun. (plural of diffraction) ¹

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Definition of Diffractions

1. diffraction [n] - See also: diffraction

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffractions

difflations
diffluence
diffluences
diffluent
difflugia
difform
difformities
difformity
diffract
diffracted
diffracting
diffraction
diffraction grating
diffraction pattern
diffraction patterns
diffractions (current term)
diffractive
diffractively
diffractogram
diffractograms
diffractometer
diffractometers
diffractometric
diffractometry
diffractor
diffracts
diffs
diffusable
diffusate
diffusates

Literary usage of Diffractions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Interferometry of Reversed and Non-reversed Spectra by Carl Barus (1916)
"when the rulings of the two gratings are not quite parallel. 17. Subsidiary diffractions.—The behavior of the linear phenomena sometimes suggests probable ..."

2. Condensation of Vapor as Induced by Nuclei and Ions: Third Report by Carl Barus (1908)
"(a) diffractions from fog particles at a, b, c, and a single source S, ... 24, a, with a source at 5 and an eye at e, the diffractions of the fog particles ..."

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