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Expression for Standing Waves

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what is the difference between a wavefront and a secondary wavelet ?

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The locus of all the points of the medium which receive the disturbance simultaneously and are in the same state of vibration is known as the wavefront.
Every point on a wavefront acts as a new source and is called secondary wavelet.

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