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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

dif•frac•tive adj.

Physicscausing or pertaining to diffraction.

diffract + -ive 1820–30

dif•frac′tive•ly, adv.
dif•frac′tive•ness, n.

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