interference pattern
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English
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]interference pattern (plural interference patterns )
- (physics ) A series of light and dark bands that map out the way in which the phase difference between two waves varies in space.
Further reading
[edit ]- "interference pattern", in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- "interference pattern", in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "interference pattern", in Collins English Dictionary , 2011–present.