wavefront
IPA: wˈeɪvfrʌnt
noun
- (physics) An imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase.
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Examples of "wavefront" in Sentences
- Yet that wavefront will propagate forever.
- Suppose one wavefront arrives at the observer.
- The further in time, the farther the wavefront.
- The arrows show the direction of the wavefronts.
- A wavefront that contains all the information that is you.
- Behind the wavefront, the density has changed to new value.
- A time derivative of at least the steep wavefront is obtained.
- A plane wave is a wave with a PLANE wavefront, hence the name.
- Each poitn on the wavefront acts as a secondary source of waves.
- The vertical scale of the wavefronts plotted is highly exaggerated.
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