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Grammar : Noun
Spell : uhn-juh-ley-shuh n, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dʒəˈleɪ ʃən, ˌʌn dyə-, -də-



Définition of undulation

Origin :
  • 1640s, from Medieval Latin *undulatio, from Late Latin undulatus "wavy, undulated," from undula "wavelet," diminutive of Latin unda "wave" (see water).
  • noun wave
Example sentences :
  • In undulation, not one wave is like another; in vibration, every pulse is alike.
  • Extract from : « The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century » by John Ruskin
  • No undulation of air can there convey sound, song, or speech.
  • Extract from : « Moon Lore » by Timothy Harley
  • It is because—this is my hypothesis—these properties, if they are in the undulation, are not there alone.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet
  • The motion of this latter is thought, of which perception is the first undulation.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • It swayed with a truly Hellenic undulation like the pictures in the mythology.
  • Extract from : « The Joys of Being a Woman » by Winifred Kirkland
  • Often it is their undulation only which reveals the water beneath them.
  • Extract from : « Excursions and Poems » by Henry David Thoreau
  • Growth stretches for miles, without ever a hint of undulation.
  • Extract from : « The Personality of American Cities » by Edward Hungerford
  • Walls and roof shut it off as they shut off the undulation of light.
  • Extract from : « The Book Lovers' Anthology » by Various
  • The Polyphemi of Montfort have an undulation in the centre of the outer lip.
  • Extract from : « A Conchological Manual » by George Brettingham Sowerby
  • By undulation following undulation, sound is diffused in the air.
  • Extract from : « Lumen » by Camille Flammarion

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