Usually means: Bending and spreading of waves.
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  1. diffractive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. diffractive: Collins English Dictionary
  3. diffractive: Wordnik
  4. diffractive: Wiktionary
  5. diffractive: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Diffractive, diffractive: Dictionary.com
  7. Diffractive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Diffractive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. diffractive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Diffractive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. diffractive: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Diffractive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (physics) Having the ability to diffract light

Similar:
hyperdiffusive, isorefractive, flexoelectric, photorheological, fluorogenic, chromodielectric, magnetofluorescent, optocapillary, photomagnetic, photowritten, more...

Opposite:
undiffractive, non-diffractive, reflective

Types:
refractive, dispersive, more...

Phrases:
diffractive optics, more...

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Similar:
hyperdiffusive, isorefractive, flexoelectric, photorheological, fluorogenic, chromodielectric, magnetofluorescent, optocapillary, photomagnetic, photowritten, more...

Opposite:
undiffractive, non-diffractive, reflective

Types:
refractive, dispersive, more...

Phrases:
diffractive optics, more...



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