undulation
Noun
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An undulating curve (synset 113891583)
is a type of: curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changessubtypes: sine curve, sinusoid - the curve of y=sin xsame as: wave
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Wavelike motion;
A gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves (synset 107366648) -
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth (synset 107360193)
referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactionsis a type of: motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of somethingsubtypes:
- gravitation wave, gravity wave - (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light
- sine wave - a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve
- oscillation, vibration - (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
- fluctuation - a wave motion
- seiche - a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances
- standing wave, stationary wave - a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time
- traveling wave, travelling wave - a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave
- acoustic wave, sound wave - (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound
- wave form, wave shape, waveform - the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time
- blast wave, shock wave - a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity
- impulse, pulsation, pulse, pulsing - (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering - the motion made by flapping up and down
same as: wave
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