Does wavelength change after diffraction?

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Diffraction is the bending of light through small openings or corners of small obstacles.
Diffraction is due to the superposition of an infinite number of secondary waves proceeding from different points on the same wavefront.
Diffraction is a phenomenon that occurs in the same medium, therefore there is no change of wavelength after diffraction.

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