Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wave_front

2 senses of wave front

Sense 1
wave front -- (all the points just reached by a wave as it propagates)
       => propagation -- (the movement of a wave through a medium)

Sense 2
wave front, wavefront -- ((physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium)
       => surface -- (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface")