Moiré Pattern
A Moiré pattern is an interference pattern produced by overlaying similar but slightly offset templates. A simple example is obtained by taking two identical ruled transparent sheets of plastic, superposing them, and rotating one about its center as the other is held fixed.
Moiré patterns can also be created by plotting series of curves on a computer screen. Here, the interference is provided by the discretization of the finite-sized pixels. For example, the illustrations above show a number of concentric circles plotted with a range of uniform spacings. Note the phantom lines and curves that appear.
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