diffraction

Etymology
From (in which coined by ), from, past participle of. Coined in Physico-mathesis de lumine (1665) by Francesco Maria Grimaldi.

Noun

 * 1)  The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
 * 2)  The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: дифракция
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: difrakce,
 * Esperanto: difrakto
 * Finnish: ,
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 * Greek:
 * Hindi: विवर्तन
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: дифракция
 * Polish: dyfrakcja
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 * Thai: การเลี้ยวเบน