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diffraction
[ dih-frak-shuhn ]
noun
- the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands diffraction pattern at the edge of a shadow.
- the bending of waves, especially sound and light waves, around obstacles in their path.
diffraction
/ ɪˈڰæʃə /
noun
- physics a deviation in the direction of a wave at the edge of an obstacle in its path
- any phenomenon caused by diffraction and interference of light, such as the formation of light and dark fringes by the passage of light through a small aperture
- deflection of sound waves caused by an obstacle or by nonhomogeneity of a medium
diffraction
/ ĭ-ڰă′ə /
- The bending and spreading of a wave, such as a light wave, around the edge of an object.
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diffraction
- The breaking up of an incoming wave by some sort of geometrical structure — for example, a series of slits — followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference . Diffraction of light is characterized by alternate bands of light and dark or bands of different colors.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of diffraction1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of diffraction1
Example Sentences
Light from the galaxy passes through a prism or reflects off a diffraction grating in a telescope, which captures the intensity of light from blue to red.
Diffractive robotics connects, for the first time, untethered robots with imaging techniques that depend on visible light diffraction -- the bending of a light wave when it passes through an opening or around something.
While conventional fluorescence microscopy has been useful for studying cellular structures, it has been limited by the diffraction of light, restricting its ability to resolve features smaller than a few hundred nanometers.
X-ray diffraction and scanning transmission electron microscopy characterized the structure and composition of materials at the nanoscale.
One PSF basically describes how an infinitely small point source of light originating in the sample is widened and spread into a three-dimensional diffraction pattern by the optical system.
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