"diffract" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: diffracts [present, singular, third-person], diffracting [participle, present], diffracted [participle, past], diffracted [past]
Etymology: Latin diffractus (“past participle of diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”)”) Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰreg-}}, {{m|la|diffringo||to shatter, to break into pieces}} diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”), {{bor|en|la|diffractus|gloss=past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">diffringo</i> (“to shatter, to break into pieces”)}} Latin diffractus (“past participle of diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”)”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} diffract (third-person singular simple present diffracts, present participle diffracting, simple past and past participle diffracted)
  1. (transitive) To cause diffraction Tags: transitive Translations (transitive): разлагам (razlagam) (Bulgarian), пречупвам (prečupvam) (Bulgarian), lomit (Czech), diffraktoida (Finnish), taivuttaa (Finnish), diffrangere (Italian), bøye (Norwegian), difractar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-diffract-en-verb-xFVMRBJ3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'transitive': 96 4
  2. (intransitive) To undergo diffraction Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive): разлагам се (razlagam se) (Bulgarian), пречупвам се (prečupvam se) (Bulgarian), lomit se (Czech), diffraktoitua (Finnish), taipua (Finnish), diffrangersi (Italian), bøye (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-diffract-en-verb-tUugnaR5 Disambiguation of 'intransitive': 13 87

Inflected forms

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