"undulation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-undulation.wav Forms: undulations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From undulate + -ion, or borrowed from Medieval Latin undulātiō; compare French ondulation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|undulate|ion}} undulate + -ion, {{bor|en|ML.|undulātiō}} Medieval Latin undulātiō, {{cog|fr|ondulation}} French ondulation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} undulation (countable and uncountable, plural undulations)
  1. An instance or act of undulating. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (instance or act): вълнение (vǎlnenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), aaltoilu (Finnish), طالغه (dalga) (Ottoman Turkish), موج (mevc) (Ottoman Turkish), zafalowanie [neuter] (Polish), ondulație [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-undulation-en-noun-5-vR7656 Disambiguation of 'instance or act': 80 7 3 2 2 2 4
  2. A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (appearance or outline): вълнистост (vǎlnistost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), طالغه (dalga) (Ottoman Turkish), موج (mevc) (Ottoman Turkish), falistość [feminine] (Polish), волнистость (volnistostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vågformighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-undulation-en-noun-mRc3piEE Disambiguation of 'appearance or outline': 5 80 2 2 4 2 5
  3. (music) A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (a tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string): aaltomaisuus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-undulation-en-noun-jFqZVxkm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 33 17 18 14 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 7 7 30 16 16 16 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 25 25 25 11 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 7 37 16 16 14 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 40 18 18 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 9 30 15 16 14 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 6 27 19 19 14 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 7 29 17 17 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 12 9 28 14 16 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 9 26 20 14 14 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 7 29 17 17 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 5 34 18 19 14 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 9 7 29 17 17 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 6 30 17 17 15 6 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'a tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string': 1 1 92 2 2 2 1
  4. A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall): aaltomaisuus (Finnish), rainga (Maori), волнистость (volnistostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), неро́вность f поверхности (neróvnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vågformighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-undulation-en-noun-GdVVOKTz Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 25 25 25 11 4 Disambiguation of 'a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall': 1 1 2 89 6 1 1
  5. A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (wavelike motion): вълнообразно движение (vǎlnoobrazno dviženie) (Bulgarian), aaltoilu (Finnish), طالغه (dalga) (Ottoman Turkish), موج (mevc) (Ottoman Turkish), falowanie [neuter] (Polish), valovanje [neuter] (Slovene), vågrörelse [common-gender] (Swedish), böljegång [common-gender] (Swedish), vågsvall [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-undulation-en-noun-SvePqRYk Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 25 25 25 11 4 Disambiguation of 'wavelike motion': 2 3 9 19 47 10 10
  6. (medicine, dated) A feeling as if of an undulatory motion about the heart. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-undulation-en-noun-jIZkvmpG Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 25 25 25 11 4 Topics: medicine, sciences
  7. (medicine, dated) The distinctive motion of the matter within an abscess on being pressed when it is ripe for opening. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-undulation-en-noun-dBjnuA~m Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: undulationist

Inflected forms

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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 77:",
          "text": "But the next undulation would raise us, showing the island ablaze in the sunlight, an emerald of dazzling beauty resting lightly on the bosom of the sea.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instance or act of undulating."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "undulating",
          "undulate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wavy appearance or outline; waviness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wavy",
          "wavy"
        ],
        [
          "waviness",
          "waviness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "tremulous",
          "tremulous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wavelike",
          "wavelike"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A feeling as if of an undulatory motion about the heart."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine, dated) A feeling as if of an undulatory motion about the heart."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "dated",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The distinctive motion of the matter within an abscess on being pressed when it is ripe for opening."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "abscess",
          "abscess"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine, dated) The distinctive motion of the matter within an abscess on being pressed when it is ripe for opening."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "dated",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎlnenie",
      "sense": "instance or act",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вълнение"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instance or act",
      "word": "aaltoilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dalga",
      "sense": "instance or act",
      "word": "طالغه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mevc",
      "sense": "instance or act",
      "word": "موج"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "instance or act",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zafalowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "instance or act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ondulație"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string",
      "word": "aaltomaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎlnistost",
      "sense": "appearance or outline",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вълнистост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dalga",
      "sense": "appearance or outline",
      "word": "طالغه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mevc",
      "sense": "appearance or outline",
      "word": "موج"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "appearance or outline",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falistość"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volnistostʹ",
      "sense": "appearance or outline",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "волнистость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "appearance or outline",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vågformighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall",
      "word": "aaltomaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall",
      "word": "rainga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volnistostʹ",
      "sense": "a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "волнистость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neróvnostʹ",
      "sense": "a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неро́вность f поверхности"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vågformighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎlnoobrazno dviženie",
      "sense": "wavelike motion",
      "word": "вълнообразно движение"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wavelike motion",
      "word": "aaltoilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dalga",
      "sense": "wavelike motion",
      "word": "طالغه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mevc",
      "sense": "wavelike motion",
      "word": "موج"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wavelike motion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "falowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "wavelike motion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "valovanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wavelike motion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vågrörelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wavelike motion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "böljegång"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wavelike motion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vågsvall"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "undulation"
  ],
  "word": "undulation"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": poverxnosti vs. neróvnostʹ",
  "path": [
    "undulation"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "undulation",
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}

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