Definition of undulations Undulations

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Wiktionary

undulations (Noun)
Plural of undulation.

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undulations, noun, plural of undulation.

WordNet

Noun Plural: undulations
undulation - wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
		motion, movement the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
undulation - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
		wave
		motion, movement the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
		natural philosophy, physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
		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 the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
		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; "the explosion created a shock wave"
		pulsing, pulsation, pulse, impulse (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
undulation - an undulating curve
		wave
		curved shape, curve a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

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Wiktionary

undulation (Noun)
An instance or act of undulating.
undulation (Noun)
A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
undulation (Noun)
A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string.
undulation (Noun)
A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall.
undulation (Noun)
A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

undulation (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.
undulation (n.)
A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
undulation (n.)
The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin.
undulation (n.)
The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; -- called also beat.
undulation (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.