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diffractive

diffractive adjective: having the ability to diffract light.

Adjective

diffractive (comparative more diffractive, superlative most diffractive)

  1. Having the ability to diffract light

Forms of diffractive

comparativemore diffractive
superlativemost diffractive

Words formed from diffractive

Questions about diffractive

What does diffractive mean?
Diffractive means having the ability to diffract light.
What part of speech is diffractive?
Diffractive is an adjective.

Words near diffractive in the dictionary

  1. diffractionally
  2. diffractionist
  3. diffractionists
  4. diffractionless
  5. diffractions
  6. diffractive
  7. diffractively
  8. diffractiveness
  9. diffractogram
  10. diffractograms
  11. diffractometer

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