diffraction
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 衍射
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←新拉丁语 diffrāctiō
- 源自 ←拉丁语 diffrāctus
- 源自 ←拉丁语 diffringo “to shatter, to break into pieces”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *bʰreg-
词源说明
From New Latin diffrāctiō (in which coined by Francesco Maria Grimaldi), from Latin diffrāctus, past participle of Latin diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”). Coined in Physico-mathesis de lumine (1665) by Francesco Maria Grimaldi.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
- (quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction