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nounwhen light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bandstype of:
Definition that contains diffraction
- fringe one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light
- thomson English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
- echelon a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
- sundog a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
- mock sun a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
- sir george paget thomson English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
- george paget thomson English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
- x-ray diffraction the scattering of X rays by the atoms of a crystal; the diffraction pattern shows structure of the crystal
- parhelion a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
- interference fringe one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light