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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: diffracted wave
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Definition: wave which occurs in a medium when an incident wave propagating in this medium encounters one or more obstacles, possibly limiting openings, and which is not interpretable by geometric optics

Note 1 to entry: A diffracted wave may exist in regions which, according to the interpretation of geometric optics, are not reached by the incident wave or by reflected or refracted waves.


Publication date:2009-12
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Internal notes:2017-02-20: Editorial revisions in accordance with the information provided in C00020 (IEV 103) - evaluation. JGO
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