constructive interference

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noun

Physics.

1. the interference of two or more waves of equal frequency and phase, resulting in their mutual reinforcement and producing a single amplitude equal to the sum of the amplitudes of the individual waves.

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This well-known fringe pattern phenomenon is caused by consistent constructive interference but has different characteristics when radio waves propagate around a neutron star.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024

Because the disturbances add, pure constructive interference produces a wave that has twice the amplitude of the individual waves, but has the same wavelength.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

For white light incident on a film that varies in thickness, you will observe rainbow colors of constructive interference for various wavelengths as the thickness varies.

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We now realize that it is the condition for constructive interference of an electron in a circular orbit.

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Figure 16.36 Pure constructive interference of two identical waves produces one with twice the amplitude, but the same wavelength.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015