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Originally Posted by Carl Copeland
Ok, that’s interesting. You read “wavefront” as “the first slightest lightening,” while to me it implied the front of a large, powerful wave. Not sure why.
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To be honest, not being very familiar with the word, I was guessing that the wavefront was the front (the closest part) of a wave, which, in this case would be first light. But, having looked it up, I see it doesn't mean what either us have taken it to mean.
The Oxford dictionary gives wavefront as, "a surface containing points affected in the same way by a wave at a given time." And if, as I did, you want some elaboration, here's a fuller definition: "A wavefront is an imaginary surface representing corresponding points of a wave that vibrate in unison. A wavefront is the set of all locations in a medium where the wave is at the same phase. This could be where all the crests are, where all the troughs are, or any phase in between.".
Now that's clearly a definition from Physics, but it's the only definition I can find.
Obviously, this is poem, so you're not bound by the strict definition of words. That said, since it's a technical term from Physics, maybe it's not the best choice here.
Matt
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