diffract

A verb used to describe the process by which a wave (such as light, sound, or water) bends or spreads as it passes through an opening or around an obstacle.

• 🇨🇳指波（如光、声或水波）在通过小孔或绕过障碍物时发生弯曲或扩散的现象。也指使波产生这种衍射。

1. Undergo diffraction C1 formal scientific

   To cause (light, sound, or other waves) to bend or spread out as they pass through an opening or around an obstacle.

   • The prism diffracted the white light into a spectrum of colors.
   • Scientists observed how the waves diffracted around the barrier.
   • The laser beam was diffracted by the narrow slit.

   🇨🇳衍射

   同义词: bendspread out

• diffracted past participle
• diffracted past simple
• diffracting present participle
• diffracts third person singular