Usually means: Bending of waves around obstacles.
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  1. diffraction: Merriam-Webster
  2. diffraction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diffraction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diffraction: Collins English Dictionary
  5. diffraction: Vocabulary.com
  6. Diffraction, diffraction: Wordnik
  7. diffraction: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. diffraction: Wiktionary
  9. diffraction: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. diffraction: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. diffraction: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. diffraction: Dictionary.com
  13. diffraction: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Diffraction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Diffraction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. diffraction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. diffraction: Rhymezone
  18. Diffraction: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. diffraction: FreeDictionary.org
  20. diffraction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. diffraction: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diffraction: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. diffraction: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Diffraction: Visionary
  5. diffraction: Medical dictionary

Science (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Visionary, for the Study of Vision (No longer online)
  2. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  3. Diffraction: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  4. Diffraction: Extragalactic Astronomy
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  6. Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (No longer online)
  7. Weather Glossary (No longer online)
  8. DIFFRACTION: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Tech (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. diffraction: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
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  4. Diffraction: Nikonians Photo Glossary
  5. DIFFRACTION: NOISE CONTROL TERMS
  6. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
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  8. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  9. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
noun:  (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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