wave front

wave front

noun

Definition of WAVE FRONT

: a surface composed at any instant of all the points just reached by a vibrational disturbance in its propagation through a medium

First Known Use of WAVE FRONT

circa 1864

Rhymes with WAVE FRONT

affront, beachfront, bowfront, breakfront, cold front, confront, drag bunt, drop front, fly front, forefront, home front, housefront, lakefront, manhunt, out-front, seafront, shirtfront, shock front, shorefront, still hunt, storefront, swell-front, up-front, warm front, witch hunt