| 单词 | huygens principle |
| 释义 | Huygens principlenoun Optics, Physics.the principle that all points on a wave front of light are sources of secondary waves and that surfaces tangential to these waves define the position of the wave front at any point in time. Origin of Huygens principleFirst recorded in 1830–40; named after C. Huygens Words nearby Huygens principleHuxley, Huxley, Aldous, Hu Yaobang, Huygens, Huygens eyepiece, Huygens principle, Huysmans, Huyton-with-Roby, huzzah, H.V., HVAC Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for Huygens principleHuygens' principle The principle that any point on a wave front may be regarded as a source of spherical or circular wavelets. The sum of all such wavelets emanating from the front is same as the wavefront itself. This principle can be used to derive the laws of reflection and refraction. See also superposition. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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