diffractive

American  

[dih-frak-tiv] / dɪˈfræk tɪv /

adjective

1. causing or pertaining to diffraction.

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Other Word Forms

• diffractively adverb
• diffractiveness noun
• nondiffractive adjective
• nondiffractively adverb
• nondiffractiveness noun
• undiffractive adjective
• undiffractively adverb
• undiffractiveness noun

Etymology

Origin of diffractive

First recorded in 1820–30; diffract + -ive

Example Sentences

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

Over the following two years, our team invented a new type of diffractive lens that required new manufacturing technologies to etch a complex pattern of tiny grooves onto a piece of clear glass or plastic.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023

Lucky for me, Thomas Milster – one of the world's leading experts on diffractive lens design – works in the building next to mine.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023

The telescope will use a technology known as a diffractive pupil to study the stars, a transformative approach that employs “a bit of an optical trick,” Tuthill says.

From Scientific American • Nov. 17, 2021

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)