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adj
Having some properties or characteristics of a wave; used especially of physical particles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English wave Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English wavelike From wave + -like.
Across languages
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