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Definition: DIFFRACTED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Being inclined.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb 1. Of Diffract.[Websters]
2. To have disintegrated, disassembled or dismantled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To be refracted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have dispersed or dissipated.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb diffract.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(diffract)
1. Undergo diffraction; "laser light diffracts electrons".[Wordnet].
2. To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: diffracting, diffracted, diffracts, diffractor, diffractors, diffractingly and diffractedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Diffracted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Expressions: DIFFRACTED

Expressions Domain Definition
Diffracted energy Electrical Engineering The energy content of the diffracted field. Source: European Union. (references)
Diffracted field Electrical Engineering An electromagnetic field generated by diffraction. Source: European Union. (references)
Diffracted wave Aerospace A wave whose front has been changed in direction by an obstacle or other nonhomogeneity in a medium, other than by reflection or refraction. (references)
Diffracted wave Electrical Engineering Wave whose front has been changed in direction by an obstacle or other nonhomogeneity in a medium, other than by reflection or refraction. Source: European Union. (references)
Diffracted wave Mathematics The wave caused by the scattering of an incident wave upon an obstacle. Source: European Union. (references)

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Definition: DIFFRACTED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Being inclined.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb1. Of Diffract.[Websters]
2. To have disintegrated, disassembled or dismantled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To be refracted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have dispersed or dissipated.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb diffract.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(diffract)
1. Undergo diffraction; "laser light diffracts electrons".[Wordnet].
2. To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: diffracting, diffracted, diffracts, diffractor, diffractors, diffractingly and diffractedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DIFFRACTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: diffract

DomainDefinition
ScienceCracked into small areas, areolate. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: DIFFRACTED

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Diffracted energyElectrical EngineeringThe energy content of the diffracted field. Source: European Union. (references)
Diffracted fieldElectrical EngineeringAn electromagnetic field generated by diffraction. Source: European Union. (references)
Diffracted waveAerospaceA wave whose front has been changed in direction by an obstacle or other nonhomogeneity in a medium, other than by reflection or refraction. (references)
Diffracted waveElectrical EngineeringWave whose front has been changed in direction by an obstacle or other nonhomogeneity in a medium, other than by reflection or refraction. Source: European Union. (references)
Diffracted waveMathematicsThe wave caused by the scattering of an incident wave upon an obstacle. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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