diffract
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Latin diffractus ("past participle of diffringo ("to shatter, to break into pieces")").
Pronunciation
[edit ]- IPA (key): /dɪˈfɹækt/
- (weak vowel merger ) IPA (key): /dəˈfɹækt/
Verb
[edit ]diffract (third-person singular simple present diffracts , present participle diffracting , simple past and past participle diffracted )
- (transitive ) To cause diffraction
- 1963, Lester del Rey, The Sky Is Falling :
- Dave frowned as he tried to answer. "Well, I suppose the atmosphere is oxygen and nitrogen, mostly; then there's the ionosphere and the ozone layer. As I remember, the color of the sky is due to the scattering of light—light rays being diffracted in the air."
- (intransitive ) To undergo diffraction
Derived terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]transitive
- Bulgarian: разлагам (bg) (razlagam), пречупвам (bg) (prečupvam)
- Catalan: difractar (ca)
- Czech: lomit
- Finnish: diffraktoida , taivuttaa (fi)
- French: diffracter (fr)
- Italian: diffrangere (it)
- Māori: whakarauraha , whakaroraha
- Norwegian: bøye (no)
- Spanish: difractar (es)
- Welsh: diffreithio
intransitive
- Bulgarian: разлагам се (razlagam se), пречупвам се (prečupvam se)
- Czech: lomit se
- Finnish: diffraktoitua , taipua (fi)
- Italian: diffrangersi
- Māori: rauraha , roraha
- Norwegian: bøye (no)
- Welsh: diffreithio
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