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Haidinger fringes

[ hahy-ding-er ]

plural noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Haidinger fringes1

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

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