Undulation
[,ʌndjʊ'leɪʃən] or ['ʌndʒə'leʃən]
Definition
(noun.) wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves.
Typist: Portia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound.
(n.) A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
(n.) The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin.
(n.) The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; -- called also beat.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Thaddeus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Wave, fluctuation, ripple, rimple, wave-like motion.
Edited by Emily
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wave, vibration, {[wwlling]?}, oscillation, bill
ANT:Standing, arrestation, rest, flattening, table-land, plain
Editor: Samantha
Examples
- He waved his whip in the direction of the Bellomont acres, which lay outspread before them in opulent undulations. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Only a few children in Middlemarch looked blond by the side of Rosamond, and the slim figure displayed by her riding-habit had delicate undulations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They roamed at large on the undulations of Egdon, but in numbers too few to detract much from the solitude. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Her head was high in ever alert attention; her long tail moved slowly in sinuous and graceful undulations. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A tide of quiet thought now came gently caressing my brain; softer and softer rose the flow, with tepid undulations smoother than balm. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I saw him descend the mountain with greater speed than the flight of an eagle, and quickly lost him among the undulations of the sea of ice. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Hi story of Winds and Sudden B last s and Undulations of the Air. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Inputed by Dennis