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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
diffract
 
SYLLABICATION:dif·fract
PRONUNCIATION:  d-frkt
INTRANSITIVE & TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: dif·fract·ed, dif·fract·ing, dif·fracts
To undergo or cause to undergo diffraction.
ETYMOLOGY:Back-formation from diffraction.
OTHER FORMS:dif·fractive —ADJECTIVE
dif·fractive·ly —ADVERB
dif·fractive·ness —NOUN
 
 
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