diffractionnoun [ U ]
uk/dɪˈfræk.ʃən/us/dɪˈfræk.ʃən/specialized(a pattern caused by) a change in the direction of light, water, or sound waves
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Physical & chemical processes
- addition reaction
- adiabatic
- adsorb
- advection
- alpha decay
- condensation
- degradable
- dissolve
- exothermic reaction
- impregnate
- processus
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- saponification
- scald
- secretion
- suction
- the carbon cycle
- vaporize
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- It is therefore certain that this is a phenomenon of the diffraction of light simply produced by the vesicles of the mist.
- Orange, red, green, blue—all the hues produced by diffraction—were exhibited in the utmost splendor.
- Spectra are, however, formed by diffraction, wherein the distribution of both heat and light is different from that produced by the prism.
- Their slight amplitude, however, is the cause of there here being neither refraction nor diffraction phenomena, save in very special conditions.
- These are known to be the strongest color bands in the diffraction spectrum, which accounts for their being generally observed.