diffraction

uncountable

A physical phenomenon in which waves, such as light, bend or spread out when passing through a narrow opening or around an obstacle, resulting in interference patterns of light and dark bands.

• 🇷🇺Физическое явление, при котором волны, такие как свет, изгибаются или распространяются при прохождении через узкое отверстие или вокруг препятствия, что приводит к интерференционным картинам из светлых и тёмных полос.

1. Wave bending C1 formal scientific

   The bending or spreading of waves, such as light or sound, when they encounter an obstacle or pass through a narrow opening.

   • Diffraction of light through a narrow slit creates a pattern of bright and dark bands.
   • The phenomenon of diffraction is used in X-ray crystallography to study crystal structures.
   • Sound diffraction allows you to hear someone speaking from around a corner.

   🇷🇺Дифракция

   Synonyms: deflectionspreading

• diffractions plural form
• diffractions' possessive plural form
• diffraction's possessive singular form