ホイヘンスの原げん理り

noun

Huygens' principle

Physics term: every point on a wavefront acts as a source of secondary spherical wavelets, and the envelope of these wavelets determines the wavefront at a later time.

• ホイヘンスの原げん理りは光ひかりの回かい折せつを説せつ明めいするのに使つかわれる。

  Huygens' principle is used to explain the diffraction of light.