huygens : Idioms & Phrases

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christiaan huygens

  • noun Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695)
    Christiaan Huygens; Huygens.
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christian huygens

  • noun Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695)
    Christiaan Huygens; Huygens.
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huygens' principle of superposition

  • noun the displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point
    principle of superposition.
    • the principle of superposition is the basis of the wave theory of light
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