Match the notions and their definitions

a. Scattering 1. a process of making waves of light, etc. vibrate in a single direction

b. Absorption 2. the sound or other vibration produced in an object by sound or vibrations of a similar frequency from another object

c. Radar 3. the greatest distance that a wave, especially a sound or radio wave, vibrates

d. Resonance 4. a process of a liquid, gas or other substance being taken in

e. Polarization 5. a process of spreading in different directions

f. Coherence 6. the situation in which all the parts of smth fit together well

g. Software package 7. a small colored mark or spot on a background of a different color

h. Speckle 8. a set of related programs for a particular type of task, sold and used as a single unit

i. Amplitude 9. a system that uses radio waves to find the position and movement of objects

1.3. Find the Russian equivalents of the following expressions in the text above:

1. Наиболее распространенный вид

2. Общепринятое название

3. Показатель преломления

4. Верхний предел

5. Ослабление излучения

6. Произвольная форма

7. Метод конечных элементов

8. Неясное, малоизученное явление

9. Распространяться сквозь среду

10. Применять модель

11. Локальный максимум

12. Случайные флуктуации

13. Явление интерференции

14. Слабая локализация

15. Узкий/ ограниченный угловой диапазон

16. Распределение в пространстве

17. Точечный источник

1.4. Find the synonyms to the following words in the text above:

1.6. Prepare short reports to explain the following topics:

· Brillouin scattering

· Raman scattering

· X-ray scattering

· Compton scattering

· LIDAR

· Rayleigh scattering

· Mie scattering

· Young's interference experiment

· Anderson localization

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