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Diffraction grating
/dɪfrˈækʃən
grˈeɪtɪŋ/
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Diffraction grating
noun
1.
Optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum.
Synonym:
grating
.
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