wave front

wave front
wave front
n.
Physics a surface, at right angles to a propagated disturbance, that passes at any given moment through those parts of the wave motion that are in the same phase and are moving in the same direction

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  • Wave front — Wave Wave, n. [From {Wave}, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]138. See {Wave}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wave front — wave′ front n. phs a surface of a propagating wave, made up of all points at which the phase of oscillation is the same • Etymology: 1865–70 …   From formal English to slang

  • wave front — n a surface composed at any instant of all the points just reached by a vibrational disturbance in its propagation through a medium …   Medical dictionary

  • wave front — Physics. a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same. [1865 70] * * * Imaginary surface that represents corresponding points of waves vibrating in unison. As identical waves …   Universalium

  • wave front — noun 1. all the points just reached by a wave as it propagates • Hypernyms: ↑propagation • Part Holonyms: ↑wave 2. (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wave front — bangos frontas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. wave front; wave head vok. Wellenfront, f; Wellenstirn, f rus. волновой фронт, m; фронт волны, m pranc. front d’onde, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • wave front — bangos frontas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. wave front; wavefront vok. Wellenfront, f; Wellenstirn, f rus. волновой фронт, m; фронт волны, m pranc. front d onde, m …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • wave front — bangos frontas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Bangos gūbrio padėtis erdvėje. atitikmenys: angl. wave front vok. Wellenfront, f rus. фронт волны, m …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • wave front — wave which is vertical in the direction that it is moving …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Wave front set — In mathematical analysis, more precisely in microlocal analysis, the wave front (set) WF( f ) characterizes the singularities of a generalized function f , not only in space, but more precisely also with respect to its Fourier transform at each… …   Wikipedia

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