undulation

English

noun
Definitions
  • An instance or act of undulating.
  • A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
  • (music) A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string.
  • A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall.
  • A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.
  • (medicine) A feeling as if of an undulatory motion about the heart.
  • (medicine) The distinctive motion of the matter within an abscess on being pressed when it is ripe for opening.

Etymology

Suffix from English undulate borrowed from Latin undulātiō.

Origin

Latin

undulātiō

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