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undulation

[uhn-juh-ley-shuhn, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-] / ˌʌn dʒəˈleɪ ʃən, ˌʌn dyə-, -də- /


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Her boss' stiff façade slips as his spine and joints move in a constant state of undulation.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025

The team didn’t see telltale signs of lateral undulation, the kind of movement that would indicate swimming played a prominent role in the evolutionary loss of limbs.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

Unlike in skeletal muscles, in the cell membrane of the heart muscle are finger-like discs that conduct the undulation required for pumping.

From Science Daily • Sep. 22, 2023

Eye-popping film of Gertie’s 1940 undulation and collapse became familiar to those in the 1950s who watched its repeated airings on the weekly ABC-TV series “You Asked For It.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2023

But he could see the prisms in the deep dark water and the line stretching ahead and the strange undulation of the calm.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway




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