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

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

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

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

It was said that the phenomena of interference and diffraction could not be explained by the theory of emission, while the undulatory theory gave a simple explanation.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

As a consequence of this hypothesis, it follows that the velocity of light must be greater the denser the medium, while the undulatory theory leads to precisely the opposite result.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William