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The 17 pages that link to Wavefront, each with the reason it gives.

• Doppler effectBroader topic: Motion changes the spacing between successive wavefronts reaching an observer.

• RefractionBroader topic: Its changing orientation across an interface produces the observed change in propagation direction.

• Snell's lawRelated: Different parts of an oblique wavefront enter the second medium at different times, changing its direction.

• P wavesRelated: Wavefronts describe the advancing geometry of P-wave energy.

• Huygens–Fresnel principleBroader topic: The principle starts with a wavefront and constructs the next one from it.

• Augustin-Jean FresnelRelated: Fresnel’s diffraction constructions calculate contributions from points across a wavefront.

• Chromatic aberrationNarrower topic: Color-dependent wavefront convergence explains why wavelengths reach focus at different distances.

• Optical aberrationRelated: Departures of an image-forming wavefront from its ideal shape provide another way to describe aberrations.

• Wave theory of lightRelated: Wavefronts are the geometric objects tracked in Huygens’ construction.

• Fraunhofer diffractionRelated: The far-field condition treats the relevant incoming and outgoing wavefronts as planar.

• Law of reflectionRelated: Wavefront construction provides a geometric derivation of reflection.

• Fresnel diffractionNarrower topic: Fresnel diffraction depends on how the wavefront's curvature evolves after an aperture.

• Singularity theoryRelated: Wavefronts develop singularities such as cusps and swallowtails during propagation.

• Gaussian beamRelated: Gaussian beams have curved wavefronts away from their waist.

• Wave vectorRelated: The wave vector points perpendicular to wavefronts in an isotropic medium.

• Dennis GaborBroader topic: Holography records wavefront information, including phase, that ordinary photography discards.

• Transverse modeRelated: The phase structure across a transverse mode determines its wavefront shape.