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Noun: wavefront
  1. (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
    "The researchers studied the wavefront of the light passing through the lens";
    - wave front
Noun: wave front  weyv frúnt
  1. All the points just reached by a wave as it propagates
    "The wave front of the tsunami approached the shore"

Derived forms: wavefronts, wave fronts

Type of: propagation, surface

Part of: wave

Encyclopedia: Wavefront

Wave front