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Thesaurus: Huygens' principle of superposition
the displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point
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- n. the displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point