SINCE 1828
wave surface
nounDefinition of wave surface
1
: wave front
2
: a combination of wave fronts developed simultaneously from a single center (as of light in uniaxial and biaxial crystals)
the wave surface for a uniaxial doubly refracting substance consists of a sphere enclosing or enclosed by an ellipsoid of revolution
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