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Noun: Huygens' principle of superposition
  1. 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
    "the Huygens' principle of superposition is the basis of the wave theory of light";
    - principle of superposition

Type of: principle, rule

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