Usually means: Uniform amplitude, frequency, and phase.
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  1. plane wave: Merriam-Webster
  2. plane wave: Wiktionary
  3. Plane-wave, Plane wave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. plane wave: Encyclopedia

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  1. Plane Wave: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. PLANE WAVE: NOISE CONTROL TERMS
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (plane wave)

noun:  (physics) A constant-frequency wave whose wavefronts are infinite parallel planes of constant peak-to-peak amplitude normal to the phase velocity vector.

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