Diffract

[di'frækt]

Definition

(verb.) undergo diffraction; 'laser light diffracts electrons' .

Checker: Roy--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light.

Inputed by Betty

Definition

v.t. to break or separate into parts as rays of light.—n. Diffrac′tion a name for certain phenomena connected with light passing through a narrow opening or by the edge of an opaque body: the spreading of the rays with interference phenomena coloured and other.—adj. Diffrac′tive.—n. Diffrangibil′ity.—adj. Diffran′gible.

Typist: Ora