"knife-edge effect" meaning in All languages combined

See knife-edge effect on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: knife-edge effects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=knife-edge effect}} knife-edge effect (plural knife-edge effects)
  1. (quantum mechanics) A truncation of a portion of the incident radiation that strikes a sharp well-defined obstacle.
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