undulatory

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A rush of energy follows the introspective opening, as more dancers arrive, joining together in full-bodied, undulatory movement that integrates the fast-paced, stamping footwork of Tswana.

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

We now know that there are other means of periodic transmission which are apparently not undulatory.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

From that time the undulatory theory lost ground, until it was revived by Young and Fresnel.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

Un′dulātive, undulatory; Un′dulātory, moving like waves: relating to the theory of light which considers its transmission as wave-motion in a medium filling space; Un′dulose, Un′dulous, undulating.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Shortly after the beginning of the 19th century the labours of these three philosophers were shaping the modern doctrine of the undulatory theory of light.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various