Diffract
verb
verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To cause diffraction transitive
"Dave frowned as he tried to answer. "Well, I suppose the atmosphere is oxygen and nitrogen, mostly; then there's the ionosphere and the ozone layer. As I remember, the color of the sky is due to the scattering of light—light rays being diffracted in the air.""
- 2 undergo diffraction wordnet
- 3 To undergo diffraction intransitive
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More examples"Dave frowned as he tried to answer. "Well, I suppose the atmosphere is oxygen and nitrogen, mostly; then there's the ionosphere and the ozone layer. As I remember, the color of the sky is due to the scattering of light—light rays being diffracted in the air.""
Etymology
From Latin diffractus (“past participle of diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”)”).