波阵面（英语：Wavefront）简称“波面”，为波在介质中传播时，经相同时间所到达的各点所连成的直线、曲线（二维内）或面（三维内）。也就是说，它指的是某一时刻波动所达到的各点所连成的曲面。最前方的曲面叫做“波前”。波阵面质点的振动情况与机械波的波源初始振动情况相同。由于同一波阵面上各点的振动相位相同，所以波阵面是同相面。

In physics, a wavefront is the locus of points characterized by propagation of position of the same phase: a propagation of a line in 1d, a curve in 2d or a surface for a wave in 3d. Since infrared, optical, x-ray and gamma-ray frequencies are so high, the temporal component of electromagnetic waves is usually ignored at these wavelengths, and it is only the phase of the spatial oscillation that is described. Additionally, most optical systems and detectors are indifferent to polarization, so this property of the wave is also usually ignored. At radio wavelengths, the polarization becomes more important, and receivers are usually phase-sensitive. Many audio detectors are also phase-sensitive.