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Undulation

The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound.

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Curve 76% connected

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flap 76% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flapping 76% connected

of Flap

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Fluctuation 76% connected

A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.

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Flutter 76% connected

To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

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Impulse 76% connected

The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediatel…

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Oscillation 76% connected

The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.

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Pulsation 76% connected

A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.

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Pulse 76% connected

Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

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Sinusoid 76% connected

The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of…

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Vibration 76% connected

The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical strin…

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Flap 74% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Flap 74% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Wave 92% connected

See Waive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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