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    A Diffraction Grating Is
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A Diffraction Grating Is

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A diffraction grating is


A) a filter for imaging.
B) a device that uses interference to spread light out into different wavelengths.
C) a complicated series of prisms.
D) a device that counteracts the effects of chromatic aberration.
E) the pattern of light resulting from the spectrum of a star.

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