What does Huygens principle of superposition mean?
• HUYGENS’ PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION (noun) The noun HUYGENS’ PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION has 1 sense: 1. the displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point Familiarity information: HUYGENS’ PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION used as a noun is very rare.