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

Its movement is rapid or relaxed, smooth or vibrating, undulatory or impetuous, as he has chosen.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

The nature of heat had long been discussed when the world of science decided in favor of the undulatory theory of light.

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

This result seemed to favour the undulatory theory; but the objection urged by Newton that rays of light do not bend round obstacles, like waves of sound, still held its ground.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

Even here there is traceable an undulatory movement which, as Herbert Spencer says, is “habitually generated by feeling in its bodily discharge.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various