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How to pronounce “diffraction”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of diffraction with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
is look at diffraction limited resolution looking down,
- Definition summary
- (physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
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How to pronounce diffraction
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

is look at diffraction limited resolution looking down,
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A Deep Dive Into “diffraction”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
- (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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