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noun
An instance or act of undulating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A feeling as if of an undulatory motion about the heart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
The distinctive motion of the matter within an abscess on being pressed when it is ripe for opening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wave
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Broader terms: movement, motion
Narrower terms: gravity wave, gravitation wave, sine wave, oscillation, vibration, fluctuation, seiche, standing wave, stationary wave, traveling wave, travelling wave, sound wave, acoustic wave, wave form, waveform, wave shape, shock wave, blast wave, pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse, flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
noun
wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: movement, motion
noun
an undulating curve
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wave
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Broader terms: curve, curved shape
Narrower terms: sine curve, sinusoid
History
From undulate + -ion, or borrowed from Medieval Latin undulātiō; compare French ondulation.
Across languages
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
