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wave front
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wave front has 2 senses
- wave front(n = noun.phenomenon) Array - all the points just reached by a wave as it propagates; Array is a kind of propagation
- wave front(n = noun.location) wavefront - (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium; Array is a kind of surface
is a part of wave
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