0 present participle of diffract
1 to break up light or sound waves by making them go through a narrow space or across an edge
It is observed numerically that an initially diffracting beam is accompanied by oscillatory self-focusing of the beam with distance of propagation.
For some materials, especially diffracting ones, the reflectance measured in some directions varies greatly from the reflectance measured in others.
This paper compares the theory with data obtained during experiments with diffracting shocks.
Furthermore, the rhinoceros does not suffer from the quality of the marine medium diffusing and diffracting light, as does the dolphin.
This will not only reduce the total pulse energy but also introduce additional high spatial frequencies into the near-field diffracting energy away from the central peak and into side lobes.
The shock wave is diffracting around the pressure-gauge holder in this figure and the shock wave reflected from the face of the holder is moving back towards the exploding sphere.
High power is useful in penetrating buildings, diffracting around hills, and refracting in the dense atmosphere near the horizon for some distance beyond the horizon.
These coefficients are then used to calculate the field strength and phase for each direction away from the diffracting point.
