Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

 
Earth's largest dictionary with more than 1226 modern languages and Eve!

Definition: Huygens' principle of superposition

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. 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.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Top

Common Expressions: Huygens' principle of superposition

ExpressionsDefinition
Huygens' principle of superpositionThe 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. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top