Editing Wave interference (section)

== Etymology ==
The word ''interference'' is derived from the [[Latin]] words ''inter'' which means "between" and ''fere'' which means "hit or strike", and was used in the context of wave superposition by [[Thomas Young (scientist)|Thomas Young]] in 1801.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=On the mechanism of the eye / by Thomas Young.|url=http://archive.org/details/b21641778_0|title=Young, Thomas, 1773-1829.|last2=Young|first2=Thomas|last3=University College|first3=London Library Services|date=1801|publisher=London : printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland Row, St. James's|others=University College London (UCL) UCL Library Services}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Jones|first=Peter Ward|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20622|title=Oxford University Press|date=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Oxford Music Online|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20622}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kipnis|first=Nahum|date=1991|title=History of the Principle of Interference of Light|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-0348-8652-9|language=en-gb|doi=10.1007/978-3-0348-8652-9|isbn=978-3-0348-9717-4 }}</ref>