"wavelike" meaning in English

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      "form": "more wavelike",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1987 March 20, Thomas W. Ennis, “LOUIS DEBROGLIE, FRENCH PHYSICIST, WON '29 NOBEL FOR WAVE THEORY”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "In 1923, the Prince de Broglie showed mathematically that particles, in turn, should exhibit wavelike properties, a prediction that led to the development of the field of wave mechanics.",
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        "Having some properties or characteristics of a wave; used especially of physical particles."
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        "(physics) Having some properties or characteristics of a wave; used especially of physical particles."
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          "word": "wave-particle duality"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having some properties or characteristics of a wave",
          "word": "aaltomainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having some properties or characteristics of a wave",
          "word": "ondulatoire"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having some properties or characteristics of a wave",
          "word": "wellenartig"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having some properties or characteristics of a wave",
          "word": "hullámszerű"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "xvylepodíbnyj",
          "sense": "having some properties or characteristics of a wave",
          "word": "хвилеподі́бний"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "wavelike"
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      "form": "more wavelike",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having some properties or characteristics of a wave",
      "word": "aaltomainen"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having some properties or characteristics of a wave",
      "word": "ondulatoire"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having some properties or characteristics of a wave",
      "word": "wellenartig"
    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having some properties or characteristics of a wave",
      "word": "hullámszerű"
    },
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xvylepodíbnyj",
      "sense": "having some properties or characteristics of a wave",
      "word": "хвилеподі́бний"
    }
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  "word": "wavelike"
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