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diffract(dictionary)

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.