undulatory

Example Sentences

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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

After the less accentuated cordiality of Oxford manners, it was strange to be standing like this with clasped hands in the middle of this undulatory crowd.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

Bell and Tainter with their photophone have converted the undulatory waves of light into the sweetest music.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

It is for his contributions to the undulatory theory of light that Young will be most honourably remembered.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

The undulatory theory of light, first founded upon experimental demonstration by Thomas Young, was extended to a large class of optical phenomena, and permanently established by his brilliant discoveries and mathematical deductions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various