Crossword-Solution: UNDULATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Undulation | n. | The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound. |
| Undulation | n. | A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. |
| Undulation | n. | The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin. |
| Undulation | n. | The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; -- called also beat. |
| Undulation | n. | A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration. |
We have 16 clues for the answer “UNDULATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Rising and falling movement | 1 answer |
| a rising and falling in waves | 1 answer |
| wavelike motion | 1 answer |
| wavy form | 1 answer |
| wavy motion | 1 answer |
| CRISPATION | 2 answers |
| waviness | 2 answers |
| Slinky motion | 2 answers |
| wavy pattern | 4 answers |
| arabesque | 10 answers |
| A GENTLE RISING AND FALLING IN THE MANNER OF WAVES | 11 answers |
| Rise and fall | 15 answers |
| Oscillation? | 16 answers |
| CURLING ___ | 17 answers |
| Ripple | 39 answers |
| BEAT ___ | 125 answers |
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Sentences with UNDULATION (5)
The wide bosom of the Tappan Zee lay motionless and glassy, excepting that here and there a gentle undulation waved and prolonged the blue shadow of the distant mountain.
The rhythmical and, if I may so say, well-modulated undulation of the back in our ladies of Circular rank is envied and imitated by the wife of a common Equilateral, who can achieve nothing beyond a mere monotonous swing, like the ticking of a pendulum; and the regular tick of the Equilateral is no less admired and copied by the wife of the progressive and aspiring Isosceles, in the females of whose family no “back-motion” of any kind has become as yet a necessity of life.
The narwhal seemed motionless; perhaps, tired with its day’s work, it slept, letting itself float with the undulation of the waves.
The rhythmical and, if I may so say, well-modulated undulation of the back in our ladies of Circular rank is envied and imitated by the wife of a common Equilateral, who can achieve nothing beyond a mere monotonous swing, like the ticking of a pendulum; and the regular tick of the Equilateral is no less admired and copied by the wife of the progressive and aspiring Isosceles, in the females of whose family no "back-motion" of any kind has become as yet a necessity of life.
The slightest movement of her head and shoulders sent a gentle undulation through all this beauty of soft outlines and smooth surfaces, the delicate amber shadows deepening or fading or losing themselves imperceptibly in the pretty rose-colour of her cheeks, or the dark, warm-tinted shadow of her thick brown hair.
Quotes with UNDULATION (3)
Her hair is troublesome and curly ... It falls in long, black strands, but each strand has a gentle, complicated undulation travelling through it, like a mild electric shock or a thrill, hat gives it a life of its own; it is visually analogous to a tremolo on a musical note.
... I have always found that the Trough periods of the human undulation provide excellent opportunity for all sensual temptations, particularly those of sex. This may surprise you, because, of course, there is more physical energy, and therefore more potential appetite, at the Peak periods; but you must remember that the powers of resistance are then also at their highest. The health and spirits which you... use in producing lust can also... be very easily used for work or pl…
Humans are amphibians... half spirit and half animal... as spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. This means that while their spirit can be directed to an eternal object, their bodies, passions, and imaginations are in continual change, for to be in time, means to change. Their nearest approach to constancy, therefore, is undulation--the repeated return to a level from which they repeatedly fall back, a series of troughs and peaks.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1970).