HUYGENS PRINCIPLE

Meaning of HUYGENS PRINCIPLE in English

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 ]

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HUYGENS' PRINCIPLE — noun also huy·ghens' principle ˈ ̷ ̷_gənz(ə̇z)- Usage: usually capitalized H : a principle in physics: every point of an advancing wave …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUYGENS' PRINCIPLE — in optics, a statement that all points of a wave front of light in a vacuum or transparent medium may …
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HUYGENS PRINCIPLE — принцип Гюйгенса
Англо-Русский физический словарь
HUYGENS PRINCIPLE — принцип Гюйгенса
Англо-Русский словарь по телекоммуникациям
HUYGENS — biographical name Christian 1629-1695 Dutch mathematician, physicist, & astronomer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRINCIPLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Archimedes' principle Bernoulli's principle continuity principle equivalence principle Mach's principle Pascal's principle Pauli exclusion …
Английский словарь Британика
PRINCIPLE — I. ˈprin(t)səpəl, -səbəl also -inzp- or -in(t)sp- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, modification of Middle French principe, from …
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PRINCIPLE — /prin"seuh peuhl/ , n. 1. an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles. …
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HUYGENS — /huy"geuhnz, hoy"-/ ; Du. /hoy"gens/ , n. Christian /kris"cheuhn/ ; Du. /krddis"tee ahn'/ , 1629-95, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. …
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HUYGENS — n. family name; Christian Huygens (1629-95), Dutch mathematician physicist and astronomer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HUYGENS — biographical name Christian 1629-1695 Dutch mathematician, physicist, & astronomer
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUYGENS — Huygens BrE AmE ˈhaɪɡ ə nz —Dutch [ ˈhœy xəns ]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRINCIPLE — prin ‧ ci ‧ ple S2 W1 AC /ˈprɪnsəp ə l, ˈprɪnsɪp ə l/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRINCIPLE — ( principles) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A principle is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRINCIPLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a basic principle ▪ The basic principles underlying all the systems are the same. a …
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PRINCIPLE — n. Archimedes' principle Bernoulli's principle continuity principle Copernican principle equivalence principle Mach's principle Pascal's principle Pauli exclusion principle verifiability principle …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PRINCIPLE — сущ. 1) принцип а) правило; закон, норма; основная идея a question of principle ≈ принципиальный вопрос as a matter of …
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HUYGENS — Гюйгенс
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRINCIPLE — principle.ogg ʹprınsıp(ə)l n 1. принци, основа, закон Archimedes' principle, buoyancy principle - закон Архимеда principles of war - принципы военного …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRINCIPLE — 1) принцип; закон; правило 2) первооснова, источник 3) составная часть, элемент • - Ackerman principle - air bleed principle - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PRINCIPLE — 1) принцип; закон; правило 2) первооснова, источник 3) составная часть, элемент • - Ackerman principle - air bleed principle - Archimedean principle - building-block principle - catalyst downflow …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PRINCIPLE — 1) закон 2) начало 3) правило 4) принцип • change of measure principle — принцип замены меры complementary slackness principle — принцип дополнительной нежесткости continuous maximum principle …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PRINCIPLE — principle сущ.1) принцип а) правило; закон, норма; основная идея a question of principle — принципиальный вопрос as a matter of …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRINCIPLE — n 1. принци, основа, закон Archimedes' principle, buoyancy principle - закон Архимеда principles of war - принципы военного искусства principles …
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PRINCIPLE — сущ. 1) принцип а) правило; закон, норма; основная идея a question of principle — принципиальный вопрос as a matter of …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PRINCIPLE — сущ. 1) принцип а) правило; закон, норма; основная идея a question of principle — принципиальный вопрос as a matter of principle — в принципе of …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PRINCIPLE — принцип; правило; закон - first-in, first-out principle - GO/NO-GO principle - d'Alambert's principle - division of work principle - first …
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PRINCIPLE — принцип; правило; закон - first-in, first-out principle - GO/NO-GO principle - d'Alambert's principle - division of work principle - first principles - gantry principle - GT principle - …
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PRINCIPLE — - active principle - all-or-nothing principle - Bergmann's principle - competitive exclusion principle - founder principle - Gause's principle - minimax principle - transforming principle
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PRINCIPLE — - active principle - all-or-nothing principle - Bergmann's principle - competitive exclusion principle - founder principle - Gause's principle - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PRINCIPLE — _n. 1> принцип; правило; закон; as a matter of principle - в принципе; unanimity principle - принцип единогласия; in principle …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PRINCIPLE — n. 1. принцип; правило; закон; as a matter of principle - в принципе; unanimity principle - принцип единогласия; in principle …
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PRINCIPLE — 1) принцип; начало; правило; закон; положение 2) элемент; составная часть • - Archimedes' principle - principle of least action - principle of least work - principle …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
PRINCIPLE — 1. сущ. 1) принцип 2) основа 3) закон, норма • - matter of principle - accounting principles - adhering to principles - agreement in principle - based on principles - …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
PRINCIPLE — принцип; закономерность; закон - principle of delegated authority - principle of equal likelihood - principle of equity - principle of …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
PRINCIPLE — принцип; положение; начало; закон - principle of action and reaction - principle of dynamical similarity - principle of equilibrium - …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
PRINCIPLE — принцип - amplitude principle - code-pulse principle - combined principle - continuity principle - coordinate link principle - direct communication principle - frequency principle - group principle - Hartley …
Англо-Русский словарь по телекоммуникациям
PRINCIPLE — принцип; доктрина; правило; норма - open door principle - coercive principle - consensus principle - equidistance principle - first-to-invent principle - generally recognized principles - nationality principle - …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
PRINCIPLE — принцип ; основа ; закон ; ~ principle of least work ; ~ principle of material incentive ; ~ principle …
Англо-Русский Деловой словарь
PRINCIPLE — принцип; правило; норма; первопричина - active principle - competitive exclusion principle - duality principle - guiding principle - operating principle - principle of independence - principle of …
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
PRINCIPLE — сущ. 1) принцип а) правило; закон, норма; основная идея a question of principle ≈ принципиальный вопрос as a matter of …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUYGENS, CHRISTIAAN — or Christian Huyghens born April 14, 1629, The Hague died July 8, 1695, The Hague Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. …
Английский словарь Британика
HUYGENS EYEPIECE — noun see huygenian eyepiece
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HUYGENS EYEPIECE — Optics. an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses, the plane sides of which both face the eye. [ 1830-40; named …
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CHRISTIAN HUYGENS — n. (1629-1695) Dutch mathematician physicist and astronomer
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HUYGENS, CONSTANTIJN — born Sept. 4, 1596, The Hague died March 28, 1687, The Hague the most versatile and the last of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
HUYGENS, CHRISTIAAN — born April 14, 1629, The Hague died July 8, 1695, The Hague Christiaan Huygens, portrait by C. Netscher, 1671; in …
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HUYGENS' WAVELET — Figure 2: Huygens' wavelets. Originating along the fronts of (A) circular waves and (B) plane waves, wavelets recombine to produce …
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HUYGENS, CHRISTIAAN — or Christian Huyghens born April 14, 1629, The Hague died July 8, 1695, The Hague Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLOCK — Machine or electronic device that measures and records time. Both simple and elaborate clocks, as well as sundials, candle clocks, …
Английский словарь Британика
CHRISTIAAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Barnard Christiaan Neethling Eijkman Christiaan Huygens Christiaan
Английский словарь Британика
HUYGHENS' PRINCIPLE — noun see huygens' principle
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WAVELET — ˈwāvlə̇t noun ( -s ) 1. : a little wave : ripple 2. : one of the elementary waves each …
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HUYGENIAN EYEPIECE — (ˈ)hīˈgēnēən-, (ˈ)hȯi- noun also huy·gens eyepiece ˈhīgənz-, ˈhȯi- ; or huy·ghe·ni·an eyepiece Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: huyghenian irregular from …
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WAVE FRONT — imaginary surface representing corresponding points of a wave that vibrate in unison. When identical waves having a common origin travel …
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WATCH — portable timepiece that has a movement driven in any of several ways and is designed to be worn (as on …
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PENDULUM — body suspended from a fixed point so that it can swing back and forth under the influence of gravity. Pendulums …
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OPTICS — science concerned with the genesis and propagation of light, the changes that it undergoes and produces, and other phenomena closely …
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ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION — in terms of classical theory, the flow of energy at the universal speed of light through free space or through …
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CLOCK — machine in which a device that performs regular movements in equal intervals of time is linked to a counting mechanism …
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CALCITE — the most common form of natural calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a widely distributed mineral known for the beautiful development and great …
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AERODYNAMICS — branch of physics that deals with the motion of air and other gaseous fluids and with the forces acting on …
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SNELL'S LAW — in optics, a relationship between the path taken by a ray of light in crossing the boundary or surface of …
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