Consider a wave approaching a barrier with a small hole. what change is the wave likely to undergo as it passes through the hole?

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26 March, 19:05

Consider a wave approaching a barrier with a small hole. what change is the wave likely to undergo as it passes through the hole?

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Corbin Hendrix · Answer 1

I believe it would encounter diffraction, it would bend and spread out through the hole!

Dustin · Answer 2

Diffraction, that is the change in the direction of the wave, when it passes through a gap or around an edge. Diffraction is most noticable when the wavelength of the wave is approximately the same size as the hole, the gap