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Diffract

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Diffract"

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Word	Definition
disperseverb	(transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
refringeverb	(transitive) To infringe.
refractnoun	(transitive, physics) Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).
fracturenoun	(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
fractnoun	(obsolete) To break; to violate.
scatternoun	The act of scattering or dispersing.
fragmentnoun	A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
interdiffusenoun	To mutually diffuse
diffideverb	(obsolete) To be distrustful
forspreadverb	(ambitransitive) To diffuse
deviateverb	(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
filternoun	A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
divaricatenoun	(ambitransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
refractionateverb	To fractionate again or further
disjectverb	(archaic, transitive) To break apart; separate
dedisperseverb	(physics) To bring together data, rays etc that have been dispersed
infractnoun	(transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
disruptverb	(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
faultnoun	(typically uncountable) Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.