DIFFRACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diffract mean? 

• DIFFRACT (verb)
  The verb DIFFRACT has 1 sense:

1. undergo diffraction

  Familiarity information: DIFFRACT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIFFRACT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they diffract    ... he / she / it diffracts   
Past simple: diffracted   
Past participle: diffracted   
-ing form: diffracting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo diffraction

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

laser light diffracts electrons

Hypernyms (to "diffract" is one way to...):

part; separate; split (go one's own way; move apart)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

diffraction (when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands)

 Context examples 

A transmission electron microscopy-based imaging technique in which the transmitted and diffracted beams are allowed to interfere, creating phase contrast that allows atomic columns to be documented.

(High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)