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fringe visibility
  پدیداری ِ فریز  
padidâri-ye fariz (#)
Fr.: visibilité des franges  

Optics: If the intensity in an interference fringe pattern has the maximum and minimum values Imax and Imin, the visibility is defined by the relation ν = (Imax - Imin) / (Imax

  • Imin), where 0 ≤ ν ≤ 1. In terms of the intensities of the two interfering waves: ν = 2(I1 . I2)1/2 / (I1 + I2).

See also: → fringe; → visibility