undulatory theory
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of undulatory theory
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Several other important researches connected with the undulatory theory of light are embodied in his treatise on “Light” published in the Encyclopaedia metropolitana.
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Today, the evidences of modern science are overwhelmingly in favor of the undulatory theory of heat.
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The undulatory theory of light, which maintains that light consists of waves transmitted through an ether, which pervades all space and all matter, owes its origin to Hooke and Huyghens.
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The undulatory theory of light, first founded upon experimental demonstration by Thomas Young, was extended to a large class of optical phenomena, and permanently established by his brilliant discoveries and mathematical deductions.
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The undulatory theory of energy is carrying everything before it.
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