MCQ
The shape of wave front at a very large distance from source is ______.
- ACircular
- BSpherical
- CCylindrical
- DPlane
✓
Answer
- Plane
Explanation:
Due to the large distance, the radius of the wavefront can be considered as large (infinity) and hence, a wavefront is almost plane.
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