UNDULATION
\ˌʌndjʊlˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌʌndjʊlˈeɪʃən], \ˌʌ_n_d_j_ʊ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of UNDULATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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wave-like motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
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(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound.
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A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
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The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin.
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A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.
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The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; - called also beat.
By Oddity Software
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The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound.
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A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
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The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin.
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A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.
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The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; - called also beat.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. A waving motion or vibration; -- the movement of a fluid collected in any natural or artificial cavity which is felt by pressures or by percussion; --a rattling or jarring of sounds, as when discordant tones are sounded together; --a motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side in any fluid medium, propagated continuously among its particles; a vibration.
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