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WAVEFRONT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wavefront mean?
• WAVEFRONT (noun)
The noun WAVEFRONT has 1 sense:
1. (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
Familiarity information: WAVEFRONT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
wave front; wavefront
Hypernyms ("wavefront" is a kind of...):
surface (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
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