diffract

To cause diffraction

Verb

  1. To cause diffraction
    • Dave frowned as he tried to answer. "Well, I suppose the atmosphere is oxygen and nitrogen, mostly; then there's the ionosphere and the ozone layer. As I remember, the color of the sky is due to the scattering of...
  2. To undergo diffraction

Origin

From Latin diffractus (“past participle of diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”)”).

Forms

diffracts diffracting diffracted

Derived

diffractable diffractometer diffractometry diffractor nondiffracting undiffracted