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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats