Associations to the word «Wavefront»

Wiktionary

WAVEFRONT, noun. (physics) An imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase.

Dictionary definition

WAVEFRONT, noun. (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium.

Wise words

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Noam Chomsky