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(1) Optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

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diffraction grating (plural diffraction gratings)

a surface having a large number of closely spaced lines or slits; used to produce optical spectra by mutual interference