wave front
NounSynonyms:
wavefront
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Noun (2)
- all the points just reached by a wave as it propagatesType of propagationPart of wave
- (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a mediumSynonyms: wavefrontType of surface
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Wave front
Physics, the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances.
From the entry Wave.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54