Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to diffract
Participle: diffracted
Gerund: diffracting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | diffract |
| you | diffract |
| he;she;it | diffracts |
| we | diffract |
| you | diffract |
| they | diffract |
Perfect
| I | have diffracted |
| you | have diffracted |
| he;she;it | has diffracted |
| we | have diffracted |
| you | have diffracted |
| they | have diffracted |
Past
| I | diffracted |
| you | diffracted |
| he;she;it | diffracted |
| we | diffracted |
| you | diffracted |
| they | diffracted |
Pluperfect
| I | had diffracted |
| you | had diffracted |
| he;she;it | had diffracted |
| we | had diffracted |
| you | had diffracted |
| they | had diffracted |
Future
| I | will diffract |
| you | will diffract |
| he;she;it | will diffract |
| we | will diffract |
| you | will diffract |
| they | will diffract |
Future Perfect
| I | will have diffracted |
| you | will have diffracted |
| he;she;it | will have diffracted |
| we | will have diffracted |
| you | will have diffracted |
| they | will have diffracted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | diffract |
| you | diffract |
| he;she;it | diffract |
| we | diffract |
| you | diffract |
| they | diffract |
Perfect
| I | have diffracted |
| you | have diffracted |
| he;she;it | have diffracted |
| we | have diffracted |
| you | have diffracted |
| they | have diffracted |
Imperfect
| I | diffracted |
| you | diffracted |
| he;she;it | diffracted |
| we | diffracted |
| you | diffracted |
| they | diffracted |
Pluperfect
| I | had diffracted |
| you | had diffracted |
| he;she;it | had diffracted |
| we | had diffracted |
| you | had diffracted |
| they | had diffracted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would diffract |
| you | would diffract |
| he;she;it | would diffract |
| we | would diffract |
| you | would diffract |
| they | would diffract |
Perfect
| I | would have diffracted |
| you | would have diffracted |
| he;she;it | would have diffracted |
| we | would have diffracted |
| you | would have diffracted |
| they | would have diffracted |
Imperative
| you | diffract |
| we | Let's diffract |
| you | diffract |
Verbs conjugated like 'diffract'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'diffract'
distract,
infract,
detract,
direct,
disfrock,
disgrace,
district,
fract,
refract,
abstract,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin diffractus (“past participle of diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”)”).
Verbs referencing "diffract"
Welsh
diffreithio.
Sample Sentences
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Dave frowned as he tried to answer. "Well, I suppose the atmosphere is oxygen and nitrogen, mostly; then there's the ionosphere and the ozone layer. As I remember, the color of the sky is due to the scattering of light—light rays being diffracted in the air." [1963, Lester del Rey, The Sky Is Falling:]