"thin-film interference" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-thin-film interference.ogg [Australia] Forms: thin-film interferences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=thin-film interference}} thin-film interference (countable and uncountable, plural thin-film interferences)
  1. (uncountable, optics) Interference of light caused by its reflection from both boundaries of a thin film of a transparent material. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Optics
    Sense id: en-thin-film_interference-en-noun-NGLxPk-K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (countable, optics) An instance of this interference. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Optics
    Sense id: en-thin-film_interference-en-noun-CDpHGt4X Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics

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