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Word entry · 11 letters

diffraction

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"Light bending"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈfɹækʃən/Part of speech nounSorted acdffiinortStarts with DEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1D2I3F4F5R6A7C8T9I10O11N

Definitions

  1. Bending and spreading of waves around edges or through openings.

Word origin

From New Latin diffrāctiō (in which coined by Francesco Maria Grimaldi), from Latin diffrāctus, past participle of Latin diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”). Coined in Physico-mathesis de lumine (1665) by Francesco Maria Grimaldi.

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