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What is the noun for diffracting?

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diffraction
  1. (quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Light enters the mouse through side openings near the front and travels to a reflective diffraction grating.”
      “In our fluorimeter, monochromatic light is produced by passing white light through a diffraction grating.”
      “It was a beautifully worked out theory and explained most of the observed phenomena of light such as reflection, refraction, diffraction etc.”
diffractal
  1. An acoustic diffraction pattern produced when sound waves are diffracted through fractal-patterned apertures
diffractometry
  1. The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction
diffractometer
  1. A device that uses diffraction (especially X-ray diffraction) to investigate the structure of matter
  2. Examples:
    1. “The diffraction constant for the diffractometer was calculated using a grating with 0.1 turn spacings.”
      “The specimens were then ground to a fine powder and analyzed individually in an X-ray diffractometer to determine carbonate polymorph mineralogy.”
      “The NRC diffractometer calibrates the average line spacing with an uncertainty much less than the distance between atoms.”
diffractogram
  1. An image produced by a diffractometer
diffractor
  1. That which diffracts.
diffractometers
  1. plural of diffractometer
diffractograms
  1. plural of diffractogram
diffractions
diffractals
  1. plural of diffractal
diffractors
  1. plural of diffractor
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