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

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

Today, the evidences of modern science are overwhelmingly in favor of the undulatory theory of heat.

From Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by Widtsoe, John Andreas

Both refraction and dispersion are due to the unequal resistances of the medium to undulatory movements of different periodicity.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

The heaving and undulatory motion of an earthquake produces frequently considerable changes at the surface of the ground, besides an alteration of level.

From Geology by Geikie, James