diffraction

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (countable, uncountable) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Konzepte

Beugung

Diffraktion

Brechung

Synonyme

declination

deflection

diffract

dispersion

error

inflection

refraction

scattering

separation

Fraunhofer diffraction

Airy disk

Übersetzungen

diffraction

difracción

diffrazione

kırınım

flessione

difração

difracció

περίθλαση

διάθλαση

Difracção

dağıtma spektroskopu

الإنحراف

fléchissement

brisure

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/dɪˈfɹækʃən/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.