diffraction

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

difração

Difracção

Sinônimos

declination

deflection

diffract

dispersion

error

inflection

refraction

scattering

separation

Fraunhofer diffraction

Airy disk

Traduções

diffraction

diffrazione

difracción

Beugung

Diffraktion

flessione

kırınım

difracció

περίθλαση

διάθλαση

brisure

Brechung

fléchissement

الإنحراف

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dɪˈfɹækʃən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.