Definition of "diffracted" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of diffract. (verb)

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• "The position of the beams diffracted from a surface enables us, at least in many cases, to determine the arrangement of the atoms in the surface."
• "He's big and torpid in red flannel, red spiderlines diffracted across his nose and cheeks."
• "Beyond a critical angle, light will not be diffracted, but will rather be reflected."