wave front
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1. (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | surface, |
| definition | : | the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object (noun.location) |
| domain category | : | natural philosophy, physics, |
| definition | : | the science of matter and energy and their interactions (noun.cognition) |
2. all the points just reached by a wave as it propagates (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | propagation, |
| definition | : | the movement of a wave through a medium (noun.phenomenon) |
| part meronym | : | wave, |
| definition | : | a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) (noun.phenomenon) |
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