diffraction
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]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.
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]diffraction (countable and uncountable , plural diffractions )
- (physics ) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
- (quantum mechanics ) 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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[edit ]Translations
[edit ]the breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure
- Bulgarian: дифракция f (difrakcija)
- Catalan: difracció f
- Chinese:
- Czech: difrakce f, ohyb (cs) m
- Esperanto: difrakto
- Finnish: diffraktio (fi) , taipuminen (fi)
- French: diffraction (fr) f
- German: Beugung (de) f
- Greek: διάθλαση (el) f (diáthlasi)
- Hindi: विवर्तन m (vivartan)
- Indonesian: difraksi (id)
- Italian: diffrazione (it) f
- Kazakh: дифракция (difraksiä)
- Māori: raurahatanga , rorahatanga
- Polish: dyfrakcja (pl) f
- Russian: дифра́кция (ru) f (difrákcija)
- Spanish: difracción (es) f
- Thai: การเลี้ยวเบน (gaan-líao-been)
- Vietnamese: nhiễu xạ (vi)
- Welsh: diffreithiant m
French
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]diffraction f (plural diffractions )
Related terms
[edit ]Further reading
[edit ]- "diffraction", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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