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Meaning of "diffract" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DIFFRACT

diffract  [dɪˈfrækt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIFFRACT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diffract is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb diffract in English.

WHAT DOES DIFFRACT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

diffract

Diffraction

Diffraction refers to various phenomena which occur when a wave encounters an obstacle or a slit. In classical physics, the diffraction phenomenon is described as the interference of waves according the Huygens Fresnel principle. These characteristic behaviors are exhibited when a wave encounters an obstacle or a slit that is comparable in size to its wavelength. Similar effects occur when a light wave travels through a medium with a varying refractive index, or when a sound wave travels through a medium with varying acoustic impedance. Diffraction occurs with all waves, including sound waves, water waves, and electromagnetic waves such as visible light, X-rays and radio waves. Since physical objects have wave-like properties, diffraction also occurs with matter and can be studied according to the principles of quantum mechanics. Italian scientist Francesco Maria Grimaldi coined the word "diffraction" and was the first to record accurate observations of the phenomenon in 1660.

Definition of diffract in the English dictionary

The definition of diffract in the dictionary is to undergo or cause to undergo diffraction.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DIFFRACT

PRESENT

Present
I diffract
you diffract
he/she/it diffracts
we diffract
you diffract
they diffract
Present continuous
I am diffracting
you are diffracting
he/she/it is diffracting
we are diffracting
you are diffracting
they are diffracting
Present perfect
I have diffracted
you have diffracted
he/she/it has diffracted
we have diffracted
you have diffracted
they have diffracted
Present perfect continuous
I have been diffracting
you have been diffracting
he/she/it has been diffracting
we have been diffracting
you have been diffracting
they have been diffracting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I diffracted
you diffracted
he/she/it diffracted
we diffracted
you diffracted
they diffracted
Past continuous
I was diffracting
you were diffracting
he/she/it was diffracting
we were diffracting
you were diffracting
they were diffracting
Past perfect
I had diffracted
you had diffracted
he/she/it had diffracted
we had diffracted
you had diffracted
they had diffracted
Past perfect continuous
I had been diffracting
you had been diffracting
he/she/it had been diffracting
we had been diffracting
you had been diffracting
they had been diffracting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will diffract
you will diffract
he/she/it will diffract
we will diffract
you will diffract
they will diffract
Future continuous
I will be diffracting
you will be diffracting
he/she/it will be diffracting
we will be diffracting
you will be diffracting
they will be diffracting
Future perfect
I will have diffracted
you will have diffracted
he/she/it will have diffracted
we will have diffracted
you will have diffracted
they will have diffracted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been diffracting
you will have been diffracting
he/she/it will have been diffracting
we will have been diffracting
you will have been diffracting
they will have been diffracting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would diffract
you would diffract
he/she/it would diffract
we would diffract
you would diffract
they would diffract
Conditional continuous
I would be diffracting
you would be diffracting
he/she/it would be diffracting
we would be diffracting
you would be diffracting
they would be diffracting
Conditional perfect
I would have diffract
you would have diffract
he/she/it would have diffract
we would have diffract
you would have diffract
they would have diffract
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been diffracting
you would have been diffracting
he/she/it would have been diffracting
we would have been diffracting
you would have been diffracting
they would have been diffracting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you diffract
we let´s diffract
you diffract
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to diffract
Past participle
diffracted
Present Participle
diffracting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIFFRACT


abstract
ˈæbstrækt
attract
əˈtrækt
cataphract
ˈkætəˌfrækt
cataract
ˈkætəˌrækt
contract
kənˈtrækt
cracked
krækt
detract
dɪˈtrækt
distract
dɪˈstrækt
entr´acte
ɒnˈtrækt
extract
ɪkˈstrækt
fract
frækt
infract
ɪnˈfrækt
refract
rɪˈfrækt
retract
rɪˈtrækt
subcontract
sʌbˈkɒntrækt
subtract
səbˈtrækt
tesseract
ˈtesəˌrækt
tracked
trækt
tract
trækt
untracked
ʌnˈtrækt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIFFRACT

difficulties
difficultly
difficulty
diffidence
diffident
diffidently
diffluent
difform
difformity
diffraction
diffraction grating
diffraction pattern
diffractive
diffractively
diffractiveness
diffractometer
diffractometric
diffractometry
diffrangibility
diffrangible

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIFFRACT

alimentary tract
almond extract
breach of contract
caract
counteract
digestive tract
fixed cost contract
fixed-price contract
fixed-term contract
forward contract
in the abstract
interact
maintenance contract
malt extract
protract
respiratory tract
service contract
social contract
urinary tract
yeast extract

Synonyms and antonyms of diffract in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «diffract» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIFFRACT

Find out the translation of diffract to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of diffract from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «diffract» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

衍射
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

diffract
570 millions of speakers

English

diffract
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टुकड़े
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حيد الضوء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дифрагировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

difratar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিচ্ছুরিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

diffracter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyelaraskan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beugen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

回折する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diffract
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhiểu xạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

diffract
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फरक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diffrangere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uginają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дифрагувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

difracta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαθλώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diffract
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diffraktera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

diffract
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diffract

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIFFRACT»

The term «diffract» is regularly used and occupies the 96.022 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIFFRACT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diffract

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIFFRACT»

Discover the use of diffract in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diffract and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Photonics
A particularly versatile tool for optical path and component analysis is the program DIFFRACT developed at the University of Arizona by Professor Mansuripur. A recently published book (Mansuripur 1995, particularly, Chapter 8) by the ...
Mool C. Gupta, 1997
2
Quasicrystals: Structure and Physical Properties
2.8. Which. distributions. of. matter. diffract? –. Some. answers. M. Baakea, R. V. Moodyb, C. Richard a, and B. Singa a Institut f ̈ur Mathematik, Universit ̈at Greifswald Jahnstr. 15a, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany b Department of ...
Hans-Rainer Trebin, 2006
3
Optical Fiber Sensor Technology: Volume 2. Devices and ...
We shall concern ourselves mainly with gratings which diffract guided light. Distributed structures can also be made to diffract light into or out of the fiber, as in the grating coupler which is used in integrated optics. Gratings can be divided into ...
K. T. V. Grattan, B.T. Meggitt, 1998
4
Science For Primary School Teachers
As has been stated, all waves have a wavelength and the closer the wavelength to the size of the gap they get through, the more they diffract. If the wavelength is much smaller than the gap then the waves do not diffract as well. Audible sound ...
Gillespie, Helena, Gillespie, Rob, 2007
5
Molded Optics: Design and Manufacture
... aperture 3.143% Detector→E4→E3→E2→E1→reflect from baffle cone at entrance aperture 1.8179% Detector→E4→E3→E2→diffract at +2 order from DOE→E1 1.2487% Detector→E4→E3→E2→diffract at 0 order from DOE→E1 0.6879% ...
Michael Schaub, Jim Schwiegerling, Eric Fest, 2011
6
Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy
You may recall that, when illuminated by axial illumination, large features (which have low spatial frequencies) diffract light near the axis while smaller features diffract light at larger angles. If you imagine that the left axis of the CTF plot (zero  ...
James Pawley, 2010
7
How Alien Would Aliens Be?
They “diffract” around obstacles. The degree to which waves diffract depends on their wavelength and the size of the obstacle. If you call to people in the next room, they will hear you even if they cannot see you. Light does not diffract around ...
John A. Cramer, 2001
8
Conformational Proteomics of Macromolecular Architecture: ...
Though sometimes crystals obtained in the ftrst screening diffract at high resolution. most membrane protein crystals obtained at the initial stage of the research diffract X-rays only at modest resolution. There are two reasons why the crystals ...
R. Holland Cheng, Lena Hammar, 2004
9
Physical Processes
As the wave moves past the object, its edge starts to spread out or diffract. c) Use this example of diffraction to explain how you can still hear people in the garden next door from behind a tall wall. Water waves are much easier to diffract than ...
Mark Pinsent, 2002
10
Industrial Applications of X-Ray Diffraction
34, 459-463. Hashizume, H., Shimomura. S..Yamanda. H., Fujita.T. Nakazawa. H. . and Akutsu, O. (1996). Powder Diffract. 11, 288-289. Intrater. J., and Hurwitt, S. ( 1961). Rev. Sci. Intrum. 32, 905. lyengar, S. S. (1994). Powder Diffract. 9, 38-43.
Frank Smith, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIFFRACT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term diffract is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Switchable holographic pixel elements for 3D displays | SPIE …
State-of-the-art 3D holographic display technologies rely on spatial light modulators (SLMs), which diffract monochromatic light through ... «SPIE Newsroom, Jul 15»
2
Innovation Judo – Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Effort
Unlike dyes or pigments, this color is created by tiny microstructures that diffract and scatter light at specific wavelengths. Because it uses light ... «Innovation Excellence, Jul 15»
3
Stephen Malkmus Makes Magic Out of 'Basic Hard Work' on New …
The Jicks, meanwhile, further diffract this distortion while adding hefty doses of classic-rock inspiration. It's not a stretch to say Malkmus inhabits ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
4
New lenses grown layer-by-layer increase X-ray power
Each individual layer must form a slightly different angle than the one before it in order to result in a perfect wedge that will diffract x-rays ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
5
How to Plan a Physics Party
... to demonstrate the curvature of space and time. If the party is outside, hang CDs in the trees and let them diffract light from the sun. «PhysicsCentral.com, Jun 15»
6
Controversial molecular-analysis tool tries for a comeback
... obtained by analysing how molecules diffract X-rays. But to obtain them, the molecules must first be crystallized in a tidy, repeating lattice. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
7
Allergies? Must Be Pollen Corona Season Again
When light from the moon or sun strikes pollen, the minute grains diffract the light into a series of closely-spaced colored rings. I've read that ... «Universe Today, May 15»
8
This Thing We Did
I mingle and diffract, browsing the crowd as though it's a stack of books I'm sorting through, deciding which to give away, which to keep. «Harvard Magazine, May 15»
9
6 things you may not know about holography
Therefore, by displaying this on an SLM, we can diffract light to form arbitrary images at will. This area is called computer-generated holography ... «ExtremeTech, May 15»
10
Study Science – Follow in the footsteps of Nobel Laureates
... and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline atoms cause a beam of incident X-rays to diffract into many specific directions. «Study International News, Apr 15»

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