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Undulationist :: Undulationist (n.) One who advocates the undulatory theory of light.

Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake..

Trail :: Trail (n.) Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.

Undulation :: Undulation (n.) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration..

Wave :: Wave (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation..

Wave :: Wave (v. i.) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation..

Stylus :: Stylus (n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond..

Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain..

Undulatory :: Undulatory (a.) Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion, similar to that of waves..

Fluctuant :: Fluctuant (a.) showing undulation or fluctuation; as, a fluctuant tumor..

Ripple :: Ripple (n.) A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter..

Undulation :: Undulation (n.) A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.

Curl :: Curl (n.) To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.

Purl :: Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle..

Undulate :: Undulate (v. i.) To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air..

Undulative :: Undulative (a.) Consisting in, or accompanied by, undulations; undulatory..

Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp..

Relief :: Relief (n.) The elevations and surface undulations of a country.

Waved :: Waved (a.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc..

Undulate :: Undulate (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate..

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