Definition for Diffraction:

• The turning aside of a ray of light when passing the edge of a body that will not admit light; the change suffered by such a ray.

Synonyms for Diffraction:

• n.

  •
  • calorific,
  • absorbance,
  • capillary action,
  • centripetal force,
  • centrifugal force,
  • balance,
  • amplitude,
  • air resistance,
  • attraction,
  • bonding.
  •deflection (noun)
  • digression,
  • shift,
  • divergence,
  • refraction,
  • drift,
  • departure,
  • aberration,
  • variation,
  • deflection,
  • deviation.
  •dispersion (noun)
  • disjunction,
  • separation,
  • diffusion,
  • disconnection,
  • evanescence,
  • evaporation,
  • dispersal,
  • breakup,
  • disintegration,
  • disbursement,
  • distribution,
  • dislocation,
  • detachment,
  • scattering,
  • dissolution,
  • dispersion.
  •phenomenon (noun)
  • diffraction.
  •radiation (noun)
  • emission,
  • divarication,
  • ramification,
  • transmission,
  • circulation.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • deflexion,
  • spread,
  • crook,
  • plication,
  • fold,
  • attenuation,
  • misapply,
  • surface wave,
  • in phase,
  • broadcasting,
  • electromagnetic radiation,
  • dispensation,
  • crease,
  • antinode,
  • sprinkling,
  • artifice,
  • wave motion,
  • transverse wave,
  • spreading,
  • broadcast,
  • wave number,
  • skewness,
  • Deflexure,
  • node,
  • bends,
  • light,
  • distortion,
  • curve,
  • frequency,
  • crimp,
  • fragmentation,
  • expansion,
  • inclination,
  • bend,
  • ends,
  • interference,
  • wave,
  • flection,
  • seismic wave,
  • Peppering,
  • contortion,
  • wavelength,
  • publication,
  • splay,
  • twist,
  • dissipation,
  • resonance frequency,
  • scatter,
  • inflection,
  • lapse,
  • frequency spectrum,
  • torsion,
  • resonance,
  • wave equation,
  • shock wave,
  • longitudinal wave,
  • crest,
  • corner,
  • subterfuge,
  • convolution,
  • Sowing,
  • purpose,
  • period,
  • radio wave,
  • flexion,
  • ray,
  • sinuosity,
  • mechanical wave,
  • Circumfusion,
  • frequency band,
  • spattering,
  • tidal wave,
  • reinforcement,
  • propagation,
  • strewing,
  • yaw,
  • dissemination,
  • trough,
  • dilution,
  • diversion,
  • Volatilization,
  • sound wave,
  • electromagnetic wave,
  • curvature,
  • inflexion,
  • flexure.

Paraphrases for Diffraction:

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Crystallographic, x-ray.

Antonyms for Diffraction:

• n.

  • radiation
    collection.

Homophones for Diffraction:

• deprecation, deforestation, divorced man, depreciation, debarkation, divarication.

Hypernym for Diffraction:

• n.

  • phenomenon
    x-ray diffraction.

Hyponym for Diffraction:

• n.

  • phenomenon
    optical phenomenon.