constructive interference

American  

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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Example Sentences

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

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.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

More precisely, when an integral multiple of the electron’s wavelength equals the circumference of the orbit, constructive interference is obtained.

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To obtain constructive interference for a double slit, the path length difference from two slits must be an integral multiple of the wavelength.

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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