Huygens principle — Hiuigenso principas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Huygens principle vok. Huygenssches Prinzip, n rus. принцип Гюйгенса Френеля, m pranc. principe d’Huygens, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
Huygens principle — 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. [1830 40; named after C. HUYGENS] * * * … Universalium
Huygens principle — 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. [1830 40; named after C. HUYGENS] … Useful english dictionary
Huygens' principle — ▪ optics in optics, a statement that all points of a wave front of light in a vacuum or transparent medium may be regarded as new sources of wavelets that expand in every direction at a rate depending on their velocities. Proposed by the… … Universalium
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 the principle of superposition is the basis of the wave theory of light • Syn: ↑principle… … Useful english dictionary
Huygens' principle — noun the assumption that each point on a wavefront may be regarded as a source of secondary waves and that the position of the wavefront at a later time is determined by the envelope of these secondary waves; proposed in order to explain the fact … Wiktionary
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Huygens — can refer to: * Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer, son of Constantijn Huygens * Huygens principle * Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687), Dutch poet and composer, father of Christiaan Huygens *… … Wikipedia
Huygens–Fresnel principle — Wave refraction in the manner of Huygens … Wikipedia
Huygens, Christiaan — or Christian Huyghens born April 14, 1629, The Hague died July 8, 1695, The Hague Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was the first to use a pendulum to regulate a clock (1656). He invented a method of grinding and polishing… … Universalium