DIFFRACTION GRATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diffraction grating mean? 

• DIFFRACTION GRATING (noun)
  The noun DIFFRACTION GRATING has 1 sense:

1. optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

  Familiarity information: DIFFRACTION GRATING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIFFRACTION GRATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

diffraction grating; grating

Hypernyms ("diffraction grating" is a kind of...):

optical device (a device for producing or controlling light)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diffraction grating"):

echelon (a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset)