diffractverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈfrækt/us/dɪˈfrækt/to break up light or sound waves by making them go through a narrow space or across an edge
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Physical & chemical processes
- addition reaction
- adiabatic
- adsorb
- advection
- alpha decay
- corrode
- degradable
- diffraction
- dissolve
- exothermic reaction
- impregnate
- processus
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- saponification
- scald
- secretion
- suction
- the carbon cycle
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Examples from literature
- As I remember, the color of the sky is due to the scattering of light—light rays being diffracted in the air.
- But whatever the facts may be, in this respect the statement in the text of the impossibility of representing diffracted color in painting is equally true.