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Wavefront vs Wavelet - What's the difference?

wavefront | wavelet |


As nouns the difference between wavefront and wavelet

is that wavefront is (physics) an imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase while wavelet is a small wave; a ripple.

Wavefront vs Curvature - What's the difference?

wavefront | curvature |


As nouns the difference between wavefront and curvature

is that wavefront is (physics) an imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase while curvature is the shape of something curved.

Wave vs Wavefront - What's the difference?

wave | wavefront |


In physics terms the difference between wave and wavefront

is that wave is a moving disturbance in the energy level of a field while wavefront is an imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase.

As nouns the difference between wave and wavefront

is that wave is a moving disturbance in the level of a body of water; an undulation while wavefront is an imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase.

As a verb wave

is to move back and forth repeatedly.