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Which best describes what is occurring when a door is almost closed and rays of light fan out from the small opening?
absorption
interference
refraction
diffraction
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Diffraction
When light passes through a narrow opening it spreads out (fans) due to wave behavior. This spreading is diffraction, not absorption, refraction, or simple interference.
When light passes through a narrow opening it spreads out (fans) due to wave behavior. This spreading is diffraction, not absorption, refraction, or simple interference.
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