wave surface

noun

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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