DIFFRACTOMETER


Meaning of DIFFRACTOMETER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˌfrak-ˈtä-mə-tər ]

noun

Date: circa 1909

: an instrument for analyzing the structure of a usually crystalline substance from the scattering pattern produced when a beam of radiation or particles (as X rays or neutrons) strikes it

• dif·frac·to·met·ric di-ˌfrak-tə-ˈme-trik adjective

• dif·frac·tom·e·try di-ˌfrak-ˈtä-mə-trē noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.