Haidinger fringes

[ hahy-ding-er ]

plural nounOptics.
  1. interference fringes produced by light passing through thick glass plates at near-normal incidence.

Origin of Haidinger fringes

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Named after Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger (1795–1871), Austrian mineralogist

Words Nearby Haidinger fringes

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