Diffract

Synonyms for "diffract" (37 found)

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Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

3 entries

derived

6 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

1 entries

Translations

23 translations across 10 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • пречупвам verb (transitive)
  • пречупвам се verb (intransitive)
  • разлагам verb (transitive)
  • разлагам се verb (intransitive)

Catalan

1 entries
  • difractar verb (transitive)

Czech

2 entries
  • lomit verb (transitive)
  • lomit se verb (intransitive)

Finnish

4 entries
  • diffraktoida verb (transitive)
  • diffraktoitua verb (intransitive)
  • taipua verb (intransitive)
  • taivuttaa verb (transitive)

French

1 entries
  • diffracter verb (transitive)

Italian

2 entries
  • diffrangere verb (transitive)
  • diffrangersi verb (intransitive)

Māori

4 entries
  • rauraha verb (intransitive)
  • roraha verb (intransitive)
  • whakarauraha verb (transitive)
  • whakaroraha verb (transitive)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • bøye verb (transitive)
  • bøye verb (intransitive)

Spanish

1 entries
  • difractar verb (transitive)

Welsh

2 entries
  • diffreithio verb (transitive)
  • diffreithio verb (intransitive)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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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."

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