- wave front
- noun Date: circa 1864 a surface composed at any instant of all the points just reached by a vibrational disturbance in its propagation through a medium
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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. 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 … English World dictionary
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
