Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An instance or act of undulating.

    an undulating curve

  2. (countable, uncountable)A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.

    волнистостьvolnistostʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall.

    волнистостьvolnistostʹ, неро́вность f поверхностиneróvnostʹ

  5. (countable, uncountable)A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.

    wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves

  6. (countable, dated, uncountable)A feeling as if of an undulatory motion about the heart.

  7. (countable, dated, uncountable)The distinctive motion of the matter within an abscess on being pressed when it is ripe for opening.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. My locality is a nexus for occidental and oriental interplay, which is abundant in emotional undulations.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
appearance or outline:
a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall:

Origin

From undulate + -ion, or borrowed from Medieval Latin undulātiō; compare French ondulation

From undulate + -ion, or borrowed from Medieval Latin undulātiō; compare French ondulation.

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Forms

plural: undulations
Singularundulation
Pluralundulations

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth:wave
  • an undulating curve:wave

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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