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Many think a laser travels in a straight line due to it being made of particles since particles travel in a straight line when not acted upon by a force. This is not why a laser is straight.
A laser is actually a wave and waves are able to travel around corners. If you notice, ocean waves actually seem to bend around corners. Sound waves do the same thing so that you can hear someone in another room. Light waves can do the same thing. The reason they don't is because they are much smaller than the opening they pass through. Ocean and sound waves have a much longer wavelength than light does. If ocean waves passed into a harbor they would also travel in a straight line. When the wavelength is much smaller than the opening they pass through the interferance created by the corners of the opening, destroying all the waves that are not moving in the direction of the waves before they passed through the opening. Therefore, it is wave interference that causes it to be so straight.
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Do photons travel in a straight line?
Yes, they do. But they sometimes travel a straight line through bent space.
Do waves travel in a straight line?
no
Light rays travel in a straight line.?
true
Does a tornado travel straight?
Very often tornadoes, will travel in a straight line, but many do not, following meandering or curved paths instead.
If light did not travel in a straight line?
Light is a particle that acts like a wave and therefore does not travel in a straight line. light has nothing to do with gravity, the fourth dimension or the 'fabric' of space time.
Do photons travel in a straight line?
Yes, they do. But they sometimes travel a straight line through bent space.
A narrow beam of light that travels in a straight line is a?
A laser
Do waves travel in a straight line?
no
Does lightning travel in a straight line?
no it does not
What is An instrument used to construct straight lines.?
A straight edge or a rule are used to construct straight lines. Laser line setter, In some cases a plumb line
What is the shape of the path of a laser beam?
Since a laser beam is light all moving on the same direction, the path of a laser beam will be a straight line, inless it is redirected by a reflective surface.
What kind of line does light travel through?
Straight line.
Why does a gulf stream travel in a straight line?
it does not
Do sound waves travel in a straight line?
no
When does light travel in straight line?
no it does not
Do light travel only in a straight line?
yes
If light didn't travel in a straight line?
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