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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Diffraction, Webarchive template wayback links, Physical phenomena
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diffraction  Defraction  diffract  diffracted  diffraction of light
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When light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands WordNet 3.0
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When light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Diffraction is the interference or bending of waves around the corners of an obstacle or through an aperture into the region of geometrical shadow of the obstacle/aperture. Wikipedia
Refers to various phenomena that occur when a wave encounters an obstacle or a slit Wikidata
The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference. Wiktionary
The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
optical phenomenon
classical physics
physical phenomenon
HAS KIND
X-ray diffraction
Schaefer–Bergmann diffraction
Fresnel diffraction
electron diffraction
Fraunhofer diffraction
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HAS INSTANCE
diffraction spike
DERIVATION
diffract
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Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Nordisk familjebok
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Defraction, diffract, diffracted, diffraction of light, diffraction pattern, Diffractions, diffractive, diffractive optical element, Diffractive optics, diffractogram, diffracts, Difraction, edge diffraction, knife-edge diffraction, knife-edge effect, Knife-edge technique, knife edge effect, Laser Light Diffraction, Light bend, Single-slit, Single-slit diffraction, Single-slit diffractions, Single-slits, Single-slitted, single slit, single slit diffraction, Single slit diffractions, Single slits, Single slitted, Singleslit, Singleslit diffraction, Singleslit diffractions, Singleslitted, Wedge fringe, Wedge fringes

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