wave front

/weɪv frənt/
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Other forms: wave fronts

Definitions of wave front
  1. noun
    all the points just reached by a wave as it propagates
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    type of:
    propagation
    the movement of a wave through a medium
  2. noun
    (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
    synonyms: wavefront
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    type of:
    surface
    the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
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