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Huygens' Principle

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Choose the Correct answer from alternative given.
The idea of secondary wavelets for the propagation of a wave was first given by:

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Newton

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Huygens

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Maxwell

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Fresnel

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Solution

The correct option is C Huygens
According to the Huygens theory, all the points on a wavefront act as source for a secondary wavefront or a wavelet which spread outward from the point and move at the speed of light.

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