Write the definition of wave front. - Vidyadip

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Write the definition of wave front.

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"In any medium in which a wave is propagating, if we draw a surface on which all the particles located are in the same phase of vibration, then such surface is called 'wave front'." The wave front of a wave in a homogeneous medium is always perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation.

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