Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diffractive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
diffrac-tive
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the ability to diffract light

Inflected Forms

more diffractive (comparative) most diffractive (superlative)

Derived Forms

diffractively nondiffractive subdiffractive

Questions

What does diffractive mean?
Having the ability to diffract light

How to pronounce diffractive

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