HUYGENS' PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Huygens' principle of superposition mean? 

• HUYGENS' PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION (noun)
  The noun HUYGENS' PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HUYGENS' PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUYGENS' PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Huygens' principle of superposition; principle of superposition

Context example:

the principle of superposition is the basis of the wave theory of light

Hypernyms ("Huygens' principle of superposition" is a kind of...):

principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)