young's experiment

young's experiment
\\ˈyəŋz-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized Y
Etymology: after Thomas Young died 1829 English physician and physicist
: an experiment in which light diverging from one slit passes through two narrow slits very close together and then falls on a screen so that a series of parallel bands are observed on the screen because of inteference of light from the two slits

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