diffraction
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands
Types & categories
- optical phenomenon hypernym
- X-ray diffraction hyponym
Related & opposite
- diffract derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffract |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | optical phenomenon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | X-ray diffraction |