DIFFRACTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands
   Hypernyms(s) diffraction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • optical phenomenon (what does optical phenomenon mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • X-ray diffraction (what does X-ray diffraction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • diffract (what does diffract mean?)