See Also: diffract(dictionary)
diffract(dictionary)

Multilith (iou) and diffract (iou)


Multilith (iou)



Multilith noun. Also multilith. M20.
[from MULTI- + LITH(OGRAPH noun.]
(Proprietary name for) a small offset-lithographic printing machine.
multilithed adjective printed by a machine of this kind M20.

diffract (iou)



diffract verb trans. E19.
[Latin diffract-: see DIFFRACTION.]
Cause (light etc.) to undergo diffraction.
fig.: Carlyle Some obscure distorted image of right..diffracted, exaggerated, in the wonderfullest way.
diffractive adjective tending to diffract E19.
diffractively adverb by diffraction L19.
diffractogram noun a photograph etc. of a diffraction pattern M20.
diffrac'tometer noun an instrument for measuring diffraction, esp. of X-rays in crystallography E20.
diffrac'tometry noun the measurement of diffraction; the use of a diffractometer: M20.