diffract

verb

/dɪˈfrækt/

(physics物理)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they diffract	/dɪˈfrækt/ /dɪˈfrækt/
he / she / it diffracts	/dɪˈfrækts/ /dɪˈfrækts/
past simple diffracted	/dɪˈfræktɪd/ /dɪˈfræktɪd/
past participle diffracted	/dɪˈfræktɪd/ /dɪˈfræktɪd/
-ing form diffracting	/dɪˈfræktɪŋ/ /dɪˈfræktɪŋ/

jump to other results

diffract something to break up a stream of light into a series of dark and light bands or into the different colours of the spectrum（使光束）衍射
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin diffract- ‘broken in pieces’, from the verb diffringere, from dis- ‘away, from’ + frangere ‘to break’.