Huygens's principle

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• Huygens–Fresnel principle — Wave refraction in the manner of Huygens …   Wikipedia

• 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, 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

• 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 — Huy·gens principle (hīʹgənz) n. The principle that any point on a wave front of light may be regarded as the source of secondary waves and that the surface that is tangent to the secondary waves can be used to determine the future position of the …   Universalium

• principle of superposition — noun 1. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest • Syn: ↑superposition principle, ↑superposition • Topics: ↑geology • Hypernyms: ↑principle, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 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,Christiaan — Huy·gens (hīʹgənz, hoiʹgĕns), Christiaan. 1629 1695. Dutch physicist and astronomer who discovered Saturn s rings (1655), pioneered the use of pendulums in clocks (1657), and formulated Huygens principle. * * * …   Universalium

• 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