diffract
verb
- bend light waves
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɹækt/ / /dəˈfɹækt/
verb
Etymology: From Latin diffractus (“past participle of diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”)”).
- To cause diffraction
“Dave frowned as he tried to answer. "Well, I suppose the atmosphere is oxygen and nitrogen, mostly; then there's the ionosphere and the ozone layer. As I remember, the color of the sky is due to the scattering of light—light rays being diffracted in the air."”
- To undergo diffraction