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Young's experiment

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Definition of Young's experiment

: 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 interference of light from the two slits

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History and Etymology for Young's experiment

after Thomas Young †1829 English physician and physicist

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“Young's experiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Young%27s%20experiment. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.

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