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Definition of diffract verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

diffract

verb

NAmE//dɪˈfrækt//

diffract something (physics)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they diffract

he / she / it diffracts

past simple diffracted

-ing form diffracting

to break up a stream of light into a series of dark and light bands or into the different colors of the spectrum

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diffraction

NAmE//dɪˈfrækʃn//

noun [uncountable]See diffract in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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