huygens' principle of superposition
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
51
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
10
Syllables
15
Unique Chars
Meaning
n
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
Example Sentences
- "the principle of superposition is the basis of the wave theory of light"