huygens-fresnel principle
The Huygens-Fresnel principle is a concept in physics that states that every point on a wavefront acts as a source of secondary spherical wavelets, and the sum of these wavelets determines the propagation of the wave. In simpler terms, it explains how waves spread out and interact with objects in their path.
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