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noun
An imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wave front
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: surface
History
From wave + front.
