difraksi

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch diffractie,[1] from French diffraction, from New Latin diffrāctiō (in which coined by Francesco Maria Grimaldi), from Latin diffrāctus, past participle of Latin diffringo (to shatter, to break into pieces).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.ˈfrak.si/
  • Rhymes: -si, -i
  • Hyphenation: di‧frak‧si

Noun

difraksi (plural difraksi-difraksi, first-person possessive difraksiku, second-person possessive difraksimu, third-person possessive difraksinya)

  1. (optics) diffraction: The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
    Synonyms: (product) belauan, (process) pembelauan (Standard Malay)

References

  1. Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

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