Undulatory

Word UNDULATORY
Character 10
Hyphenation un du la to ry
Pronunciations N/A

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An _undulatory_ shock consists of one or several waves, the movement to and fro being along a nearly horizontal line; a _subsultory_ shock of movements in a nearly vertical direction; while a _vorticose_ shock consists of undulatory or subsultory movements crossing one another in different directions. ❋ Charles Davison (1899)

I need hardly point out, that we have evidence in favour of the hypothesis that light is due to some form of periodic wave motion in the Aether, the hypothesis being that known as the undulatory theory. ❋ William George Hooper (N/A)

Newton, was developing another theory which is now known as the undulatory or wave theory. ❋ William George Hooper (N/A)

This consisted of a slice of cherry pie with whipped cream on top, an orange, a cup of coffee, and a poem by Baudelaire in which a woman dances so beautifully he compares her undulatory movements to a snake. ❋ John Olson (2011)

The essential difference is indicated by that of their respective orgasms, the female undulatory, the male catastrophic. ❋ Stephen Marlowe (2010)

For their chosen period of emphasis, Daston and Park challenge the traditional, linear historical narrative concerning the gradual naturalization of wonders, arguing instead that elite attitudes toward them were undulatory and sometimes cyclic. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

The former, indeed, is a particular kind of sensation, but the latter is merely a vibrative or undulatory motion the air. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Our road appeared to be undulatory, and our journey, like the journey of life, seemed to be a pretty regular alternation of up hill and down, and here and there it was diversified with copses and woods; the majestic Thames every now and then, like a little forest of masts, rising to our view, and anon losing itself among the delightful towns and villages. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The ground now seemed undulatory, and to rise and fall like waves; when at the summit of the rise I seemed to be first raised aloft, and had an extensive view all around me, and the next moment, when I went down the hill, I lost it. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Some came from on high, like falling stars, but most moved among the trees a few feet from the ground with a slow undulatory motion, the fire having a pale blue tinge, as one imagines an incandescent sapphire might have. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)

Before leaving the forest we crossed some flat little lawns, around which single trees stood, as in an English park: I have often noticed with surprise, in wooded undulatory districts, that the quite level parts have been destitute of trees. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Their flight is undulatory, for the weight of the head and bill appears too great for the body. ❋ Unknown (2003)

If disturbed they either enter the hole, or, uttering a shrill harsh cry, move with a remarkably undulatory flight to a short distance, and then turning round, steadily gaze at their pursuer. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Its flight also, instead of being direct and rapid, like the course of an arrow, is weak and undulatory, as among the soft-billed birds. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Reddish grey, sometimes almost olive green in colour, with white blotches and sparse, coarse bristles, the animal has no comeliness, and yet when a herd frolics in the water, rising in unison with graceful undulatory movements for air, and the sunlight flashes in helioscopic rays from wet backs, the spectacle is rare and fine. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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