Undulation

Synonyms for "undulation" (76 found)

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Noun(7 words)

wave aalto billow billowing billows bobbling corrugation

alternation ambages beat billow bore breaker chop circumlocution crinkle

Strong matches (22)

flaunting flourish flourishingground swellheave intermittence involution lift meander meandering meter peak periodicity pulsation reappearance recurrence

Noun(6 words)

hillinesshilly groundlocomotion ola oscillation propulsion

Related words (38)

reoccurrence return rhythm riffle ripple rise roll roller scend sea shaking surf surge swelltidal wavetorsion trough tsunami turning twisting

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waving whitecaps winding

Noun(15 words)

ripple ripples ripplingrolling terrainruffle slithering swell swing waves waviness waving wiggling wriggle wriggling wrinkle

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More general

8 entries

biomechanics curvecurved shapemotion movementsurface morphologytopographywave phenomenon

More specific

7 entries

anguilliform locomotioncarangiform locomotionhills knolls ridges ripples wave

Collocations

6 entries

coastal undulationgeologic undulationsurface undulationundulation amplitudeundulation frequencyundulatory motion

Inflections

1 entries

undulations

Derivations

5 entries

undulate undulated undulates undulating undulatory

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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.

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