wave theory in English

noun
1
the theory that light is propagated through the ether by a wave motion imparted to the ether by the molecular vibrations of the radiant body.
He warned of the dangers of lead poisoning and hypothesized about continental drift and the wave theory of light.

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1. The Maxwell wave theory, however, does not account for all properties of light.

2. Perhaps his best-known researches are those which deal with the wave theory of light.

3. This upset the “wave theory,” which had been apparently successful in explaining so many different activities of light.

4. In 1690, Christiaan Huygens proposed a wave theory for light based on suggestions that had been made by Robert Hooke in 1664.

5. More specifically, the density wave theory argues that the "gravitational attraction between stars at different radii" prevents the so-called winding problem, and actually maintains the spiral pattern.