diffraction : Idioms & Phrases

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Diffraction grating

  • noun optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
    grating.
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  • . (Optics) See under Grating.
Webster 1913

Diffraction spectrum

  • . (Optics) See under Spectrum.
Webster 1913

x-ray diffraction

  • noun the scattering of X rays by the atoms of a crystal; the diffraction pattern shows structure of the crystal
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