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Newton's interference colours (medicine) and holism (iou)


Newton's interference colours (medicine)


Newton's interference colours
<microscopy> Newton's series of colours by interference results when two wave-trains of white light meet.

For some wavelengths (colours) there will be destructive interference (darkness) but for Other wavelengths there will be reinforcement (colour). They are most frequently observed in very thin films, only wavelengths thick, for example, oil on water. The interference is caused by partially reflected light from the interfaces. Newton's series of colours appears in sequence in the Michel-Levy chart.


holism (iou)



holism noun. E20.
[from HOLO- + -ISM. Cf. WHOLISM.]
The theory or principle of a tendency in Nature to form or produce organized wholes which are more than the mere sum of the component units; spec. the application of this theory in medicine, involving the treatment of the whole person rather than the physical symptoms alone.
ho'listic adjective (a) of or pertaining to holism; (b) whole, complete, comprising or involving all parts, aspects, etc.: E20.
ho'listically adverb as a whole E20.