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705-01-32
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en
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plane wave
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an electromagnetic wave in which all the wavefronts are parallel planes
NOTE – For a plane wave, the real part of the wave vector has a fixed direction.
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1995-09
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an electromagnetic wave in which all the wavefronts are parallel planes