wavefront (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *wavefront*:
NOUN	location	wavefront, wave front	(physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating / propagating through a medium

English > *wavefront*: 1 sense > noun 1, location
Meaning	(physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating / propagating through a medium.
Synonym	wave front
Category	physics, natural philosophy	The science of matter and energy and their interactions
Broader	surface	The extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
Spanish	frente de onda

HyperDic: wavefront