Huygens' law

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Huygens'_principle
gptkbp:appliesTo water waves
sound waves
light waves
gptkbp:basisFor explanation of refraction
explanation of diffraction
explanation of reflection
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Newton's_corpuscular_theory_of_light
gptkbp:describes propagation of wavefronts
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Christiaan_Huygens
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Huygens' law
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Fresnel's_wave_theory
gptkbp:state Every point on a wavefront is itself the source of spherical wavelets.
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:wave_theory_of_light
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Christiaan_Huygens
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5