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What does diffract mean?

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  1. (transitive) To cause diffraction
  2. (intransitive) To undergo diffraction
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The high supersaturation controls yielded mostly clusters or very small single crystals which did not diffract at all.
For example, audible sound waves have wavelengths of about one metre, which easily diffract around commonplace objects.
And to take lipstick radiance to new levels, the ruby powder is enriched with glass micro-beads that diffract light to infinity.
Alternating dark and light parallel lines on the detector mark where columns of silicon atoms diffract the electrons.
In 1912, Max von Laue predicted that the spacing of crystal layers is small enough to diffract light of the appropriate wavelength.
You wouldn't see the rainbow effect if you used two reflecting surfaces an inch apart because that distance too large to diffract visible light.

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