diffract

"The waves diffract the light and break up the image.

That is, they are only diffracted around the curvature of the earth.

However, the angle cannot be too sharp or the signal will not diffract.

Echoes spread from his brow and diffracted about the small chamber.

Formation can also occur when waves are diffracted around a barrier.

Throughout the 1930s, Baker's image was diffracted in every possible direction.

When the particles are all nearly the same size they diffract the incoming light at very specific angles.

The light that strikes the grating is diffracted in various directions.

Miraculously, it wasn't one of his own making, diffracted against the insane dream.

Light hitting the zone plate will diffract around the opaque zones.

Lower frequencies diffract around large smooth obstacles such as hills more easily.

I'm pretty certain that the atmosphere will diffract a surface based beam too much to harm a satellite.

Second, light going through holes is diffracted, more so as the hole is made smaller.

Is there a law that determines which way the wave will go when it is diffracted?

The wavelength to diffract is determined by the spatial frequency of the ribbons.

My answer was that even blue light had a wavelength much larger than the size of the ions involved and so simply diffracted around them.

In particular, massive particles can interfere and therefore diffract.

Elena's mind being diffracted all over the cosmos?

Suddenly, its belly blazed forth a bitter light that diffracted past the vines.

The basic idea is that the photons diffract as they strike the ordered structure of crystals.

Some of the X-rays are diffracted - bent - as they interact with electrons on their way through the crystal.

X-rays are beamed through the protein crystal and are diffracted.

Relatively larger molecules like buckyballs were also shown to diffract.

Sound waves can diffract around objects, which is why one can still hear someone calling even when hiding behind a tree.

"If we keep the phaser beam narrowly focused, it will not diffract.