Young's experiment

noun
\ ˈyəŋz-\

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 inteference of light from the two slits

History and Etymology for Young's experiment

after Thomas Young †1829 English physician and physicist

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