Diffraction

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Definition of Diffraction:
Process by which wave energy is transmitted, radiated and dissipated when the wave is bending around an obstacle such as an island or a breakwater in order to propagate into the sheltered region.
This is the common definition for Diffraction, other definitions can be discussed in the article


Wave diffraction around the tip of a breakwater. Image Google Earth.


See also

  1. Wave transformation
  2. Shallow-water wave theory
  3. Waves