Definition of Diffract

1. Verb. Undergo diffraction. "Laser light diffracts electrons"

Generic synonyms: Part, Separate, Split
Derivative terms: Diffraction

Definition of Diffract

1. v. t. To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a&?; rays of light.

Definition of Diffract

1. Verb. (transitive) To cause diffraction ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To undergo diffraction ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diffract

1. to separate into parts [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffract

diffident
diffidently
diffidentness
diffine
diffing
diffission
difflation
difflations
diffluence
diffluences
diffluent
difflugia
difform
difformities
difformity
diffract (current term)
diffracted
diffracting
diffraction
diffraction grating
diffraction pattern
diffraction patterns
diffractions
diffractive
diffractively
diffractogram
diffractograms
diffractometer
diffractometers
diffractometric

Literary usage of Diffract

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Century of Science in America: With Special Reference to the American by Edward Salisbury Dana, Charles Schuchert (1918)
"The great objection to this hypothesis was the failure either to refract or diffract these rays. In fact Bragg contended that they were not etherial ..."

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