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单词 fermat's principle
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Fermat's principle


noun

Optics. the law that the path taken by a ray of light in going from one point to another point will be the path that requires the least time.

Origin of Fermat's principle

First recorded in 1885–90; named after P. de Fermat

Words nearby Fermat's principle

ferly, Fermanagh, Fermat, fermata, Fermat's last theorem, Fermat's principle, Fermat's theorem, ferment, fermentation, fermentation lock, fermentative
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British Dictionary definitions for Fermat's principle

Fermat's principle

noun

physics the principle that a ray of light passes from one point to another in such a way that the time taken is a minimum
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