Usually means: Wavefront propagation through local interactions.
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  1. Huygens' principle: Merriam-Webster
  2. Huygens' principle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Huygens' principle: Wiktionary
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  5. Huygens' principle, huygens principle: Dictionary.com
  6. Huygens' Principle, Huygen's principle, Huygens' principle, Huygens principle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Huygens' Principle: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

Definitions from Wiktionary (Huygens' principle)

noun:  (physics) The assumption that each point on a wavefront may be regarded as a source of secondary waves and that the position of the wavefront at a later time is determined by the envelope of these secondary waves; proposed in order to explain the fact that light travels in a straight line and casts sharp shadows.

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