WAVE FRONT
Dictionary entry overview: What does wave front mean?
• WAVE FRONT (noun)
The noun WAVE FRONT has 2 senses:
1. all the points just reached by a wave as it propagates
2. (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
Familiarity information: WAVE FRONT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WAVE FRONT (noun)
Meaning:
All the points just reached by a wave as it propagates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("wave front" is a kind of...):
propagation (the movement of a wave through a medium)
Holonyms ("wave front" is a part of...):
wave (a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures))
Meaning:
(physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
wavefront; wave front
Hypernyms ("wave front" is a kind of...):
surface (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
