undulation
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin undulatio
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun [edit]
undulation (plural undulations)
- an instance or act of undulating
- a wavy appearance or outline; waviness
- (music) a tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string
- a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall
- a wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation
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Translations [edit]
instance or act
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a tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string
appearance or outline
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a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall
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References [edit]
- undulation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913