English noun: undulation |
1. | undulation (shape) an undulating curve |
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| Synonyms | wave |
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| Broader (hypernym) | curve, curved shape |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | sine curve, sinusoid |
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2. | undulation (event) wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves |
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| Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement |
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3. | undulation (event) (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth |
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| Synonyms | wave |
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| Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acoustic wave, blast wave, flap, flapping, fluctuation, flutter, fluttering, gravitation wave, gravity wave, impulse, oscillation, pulsation, pulse, pulsing, seiche, shock wave, sine wave, sound wave, standing wave, stationary wave, traveling wave, travelling wave, vibration, wave form, wave shape, waveform |
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| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics |
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