MCQ
The shape of wave front at a very large distance from source is $........$
- ACircular
- BSpherical
- CCylindrical
- ✓Plane
✓
Answer
Correct option: D.
Plane
Due to the large distance, the radius of the wavefront can be considered as large $($infinity$)$ and hence, a wavefront is almost plane.
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