undulation
English Thesaurus
1. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | motion, movement, |
| definition | : | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | gravitation wave, gravity wave, |
| definition | : | (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | sine wave, |
| definition | : | a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | oscillation, vibration, |
| definition | : | (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | fluctuation, |
| definition | : | a wave motion (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | seiche, |
| definition | : | a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | standing wave, stationary wave, |
| definition | : | a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | wave form, wave shape, waveform, |
| definition | : | the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | blast wave, shock wave, |
| definition | : | a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | impulse, pulsation, pulse, pulsing, |
| definition | : | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) (noun.event) |
| domain category | : | natural philosophy, physics, |
| definition | : | the science of matter and energy and their interactions (noun.cognition) |
2. wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | motion, movement, |
| definition | : | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something (noun.event) |
3. an undulating curve (noun.shape)
| hypernym | : | curve, curved shape, |
| definition | : | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes (noun.shape) |
4. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth (noun.event)
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