Usually means: Optical component disperses light, waves.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. diffraction grating: Merriam-Webster
  2. diffraction grating, diffraction grating: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diffraction grating: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diffraction grating: Collins English Dictionary
  5. diffraction grating: Vocabulary.com
  6. diffraction grating: Wordnik
  7. diffraction grating: Wiktionary
  8. diffraction grating: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. diffraction grating: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. diffraction grating: Dictionary.com
  11. Diffraction grating: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. diffraction grating: Rhymezone
  13. diffraction grating: FreeDictionary.org
  14. diffraction grating: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. diffraction grating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diffraction grating: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diffraction grating: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. diffraction grating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. diffraction grating: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Diffraction Grating: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. Diffraction Grating: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (diffraction grating)

noun:  (physics) a surface having many closely spaced lines or slits; used to produce optical spectra by mutual interference

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