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subdiffraction

subdiffraction adjective: describing any optical device or process involving a dimension shorter than that of the diffraction limit of the light involved.

Adjective

subdiffraction (not comparable)

  1. Describing any optical device or process involving a dimension shorter than that of the diffraction limit of the light involved.

Forms of subdiffraction

alternative formsub-diffraction

Origin of subdiffraction

From sub- + diffraction.

Questions about subdiffraction

What does subdiffraction mean?
Subdiffraction means describing any optical device or process involving a dimension shorter than that of the diffraction limit of the light involved.
What part of speech is subdiffraction?
Subdiffraction is an adjective.

Words near subdiffraction in the dictionary

  1. subdifferentially
  2. subdifferentials
  3. subdifferentiating
  4. subdifferentiation
  5. subdifferentiations
  6. subdiffraction
  7. subdiffractional
  8. subdiffractive
  9. subdiffuse
  10. subdiffusion
  11. subdiffusional

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