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Examples of diffract in a Sentence
Light is diffracted when it passes through a prism.
Recent Examples on the Web
And crystals were defined as matter that diffracts with these Bragg peaks, with these sharp, bright spots.
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Quanta Magazine, 3 July 2024
Christopher McFadden 24 days ago 0 Science Scientists create thinnest lens in history, measuring only 3 atoms thick
Instead of refraction, the world’s thinnest lens works by diffracting light and that too of specific wavelengths.
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Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2024
As a result, some of the diffracting light inside the crystal interferes destructively.
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Susumu Noda, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2024
This was bolstered by Max Von Laue's Nobel Prize-winning discovery that crystals could diffract x-rays.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2023
For example, a diffractive optical neural network is composed of a stack of layers, each possessing thousands of pixels that can diffract, or scatter, light.
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IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2022
The starburst is created by sunlight diffracting into uniform rays on the camera’s sensor.
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Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
For example, a diffractive optical neural network is composed of a stack of layers, each possessing thousands of pixels that can diffract, or scatter, light.
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IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2022
The telescope sits right on the edge of the sunflower’s shadow, where the petals bend and diffract the few photons of light that get through.
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Chris Wright, Wired, 4 Jan. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
back-formation from diffraction
First Known Use
1803, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near diffract
Cite this Entry
“Diffract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diffract. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
diffract
verb
dif·fract
dif-ˈrakt
: to cause to go through diffraction
Medical Definition
diffract
transitive verb
dif·fract
dif-ˈrakt
: to cause to undergo diffraction
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