An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. One of the alternating bright or dark bands produced by → interference or → diffraction.
   

2. Wavy patterns due to the layered structure of → CCDs. These interference effects are prominent when emission lines such as the night-sky emissions are present.

Etymology (EN): From M.E. frenge, from O.Fr. frange, from V.L. *frimbia, metathesis of L. fimbriæ “fibers, threads, fringe,” of uncertain origin.

Etymology (PE): Fariz, contraction of farâviz “fringe, lace, edging,” from far-, par-, variant pirâ- “around, about” (Mid.Pers. pêrâ; O.Pers. pariy “around, about,” Av. pairi “around, over;” Skt. pari; Indo-Iranian *pari- “around;” PIE base *per- “through, across, beyond;” cf. Gk. peri “around, about, beyond;” L. per “through”)

• âviz “anything suspended; a place where things are hung up; a border, margin,” from âvixtan, âvizidan “to hang, suspend;” Mid.Pers. âwextan “to hang;” Av. vij- “to shake, swing,” frauuaēγa- “swinging forward;” cf. Skt. vej- “to dart up or back, move up;” Proto-Iranian *uij- “to shake, swing.”