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When waves of any kind, sound, light electromagnetic radiation hit a gap in a barrier that is on the same scale as the wavelength then diffraction will occur. Diffraction is the bending of the wave and this appears as circular waves when we observe this effect with water.

A common diffraction grating can be seen on a CD or DVD. The light spreads and we see this as different colours.

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