knife-edge effect

noun

A truncation of a portion of the incident radiation that strikes a sharp well-defined obstacle.

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Meanings

nounknife-edge effect (plural knife-edge effects)

plural knife-edge effects

  1. quantum mechanicsA truncation of a portion of the incident radiation that strikes a sharp well-defined obstacle.
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