Meaning Of The Word Diffraction

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diffraction
uncountable noun: In physics, diffraction is a change in the direction of a sound wave or a light wave caused by the presence of an obstacle in its path.

diffraction in American English
the breaking up of a ray of light into dark and light bands or into the colors of the spectrum, caused by the interference of one part of a beam with another, as when the ray is deflected at the edge of an opaque object or passes through a narrow slit
noun: the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light ban

diffraction in British English
noun: a deviation in the direction of a wave at the edge of an obstacle in its path

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