Wave Front
nounid
159399·updated May 18, 2026verified
(physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
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Entity Type
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- wave frontwavefront
- alternatephrasing
- Wavefront
- plural
- Wave Fronts
- possessive
- Wave Front's
- pluralpossessive
- Wave Fronts'
Framework definitions
- §1
- (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
- §2
- all the points just reached by a wave as it propagates
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a mediumDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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