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wave surface

noun

Definition 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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