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INTERFERENCE LIGHT [1 record]

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Record 1 1989-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
OBS

the mutual effect on meeting of two wave trains of the same type so that such wave trains of light produce lines, bands or fringes either alternately light and dark or variously colored and such wave trains of sound produce silence, increased intensity, or beats.

Key term(s)
  • interference of light

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
CONT

Les interférences lumineuses peuvent provenir de la superposition des ondes lumineuses réfléchies par les deux faces d'une lame mince.

Spanish

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