DIFFRACTION
\dɪfɹˈakʃən], \dɪfɹˈakʃən], \d_ɪ_f_ɹ_ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The turning aside of a ray of light when passing the edge of a body that will not admit light; the change suffered by such a ray.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).