diffractive
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- diffractively adverb
- diffractiveness noun
- nondiffractive adjective
- nondiffractively adverb
- nondiffractiveness noun
- undiffractive adjective
- undiffractively adverb
- undiffractiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of diffractive
Example Sentences
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The new diffractive robots are "going to blow that record out of the water," said Itai Cohen, professor of physics and co-author of the study.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
A diffractive lens bends light using etchings and patterns on its surface.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023
But if you could improve their clarity, using diffractive lenses instead of mirrors or refractive lenses would allow a space telescope to be much cheaper, lighter and larger.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023
Thin, simple diffractive lenses are notorious for their blurry images, so they have never been used in astronomical observatories.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023
A corresponding hand-drawing, for which M. Thollon received in 1886 the Lalande Prize, exhibits, not the diffractive, but the prismatic spectrum as obtained with bisulphide of carbon prisms of large dispersive power.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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