diffraction
4
7.9
- noun
- /dɪˈfrækʃən/
- Specialized
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difracción
- The diffraction of light through a narrow slit creates a beautiful pattern of colors.
- ray diffraction
- X-ray diffraction
- diffraction pattern
Did that mean that the Newtonian explanation of what goes on in diffraction fails?
- Did that mean that the Newtonian explanation of what goes on in diffraction fails?
- Here, that diffraction actually happens behind the LCD.
- But there are times when you are seeing a shenomenon known as refraction or diffraction to different phenomena that naturally they work.
Examples
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The patterns observed in x-ray diffraction reflect the microscopic structure of different phases of matter in the sample.
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And how are we going to know whether it is we're going to use X-ray diffraction to see just how regular bond distances are?
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And yet, through diffraction, the waves find their way inside.
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Let's see, have you all got a diffraction filter?
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Here, that diffraction actually happens behind the LCD.
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And that's the diffraction pattern that that she saw.
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The fundamental principles of X-ray diffraction are well established.
Academic text (1995) -
A diffraction grating works similarly to a prism, splitting the light into its component wavelengths.
Academic text (2008) -
Light was dispersed—for example, by a prism or diffraction grating—and the intensity measured as a function of wavelength.
Academic text (2012) -
Photographers often use lenses that exploit the diffraction effect to enhance image clarity.
Antonyms
Compounds
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1
7.1
A way X-rays scatter from the atoms in a crystal to show its structure
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A flat piece with many close lines that splits light into colors
How Much
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6.5
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2
6.7
1
2.3
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4
7.9
10
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
diffraction = diffract (semi-transparent) = dif + fract + ion
The formation diffract → diffraction is a regular nominalization with the productive suffix -ion and is straightforward if the learner knows the verb 'diffract'.
Etymology
Diffraction comes from Latin parts dif- meaning 'apart' and fract meaning 'break', the same root you see in fracture and fraction. So diffraction is like waves 'breaking apart' or bending and spreading when they hit an edge or a small opening, which makes the bands or colours you sometimes see.