diffraction

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

diffrazione

flessione

sinonimi

declination

deflection

diffract

dispersion

error

inflection

refraction

scattering

separation

Fraunhofer diffraction

Airy disk

Traduzioni

diffraction

difracción

Beugung

Diffraktion

kırınım

difracció

difração

περίθλαση

Difracção

διάθλαση

brisure

Brechung

fléchissement

الإنحراف

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/dɪˈfɹækʃən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.